The NK-2 homeobox gene scarecrow (scro) is expressed in pharynx, ventral nerve cord and brain of Drosophila embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 237-241

  Zaffran, Stéphane ^a   Das, Gishnu ^a   Frasch, Manfred ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Drosophila; Homeodomain; NK 2; Optic lobe; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC LOBE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHARYNX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034213098     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00298-7     Document Type: Article

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