bicoid-independent formation of thoracic segments in Drosophila

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5462, 2000, Pages 2476-2479

  Wimmer, Ernst A ^a   Carleton, Alan ^b   Harjes, Phoebe ^b   Turner, Terry ^b   Desplan, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); THORAX; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ZINC FINGERS; ZYGOTE;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034737571     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5462.2476     Document Type: Article

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