Analysis of Drosophila salivary gland, epidermis and CNS development suggests an additional function of brinker in anterior-posterior cell fate specification

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-191

  Lammel, Uwe ^a   Meadows, Lisa ^b   Saumweber, Harald ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS development; Drosophila salivary gland; Epidermis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CELL MOTION; EPIDERMIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034177378     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00337-8     Document Type: Article

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