Homeobrain, a novel paired-like homeobox gene is expressed in the Drosophila brain

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-144

  Walldorf, Uwe ^a   Kiewe, Andrea ^a   Wickert, Melanie ^a   Ronshaugen, Matthew ^b   McGinnis, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic brain; Homeobox gene; Homeobrain

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034254902     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00380-4     Document Type: Article

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