Functional analysis of an eye enhancer of the Drosophila eyes absent gene: Differential regulation by eye specification genes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 355-364

  Bui, Quang T ^a   Zimmerman, John E ^a   Liu, Haixi ^a   Gray Board, Gladys L ^a   Bonini, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dachshund; Drosophila; Enhancer; Eye development; Eye specification; Eyes absent; Sine oculis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0034657762     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9688     Document Type: Article

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