Spätzle regulates the shape of the Dorsal gradient in the Drosophila embryo

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2309-2319

  Morisato, D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis duplication; Dorsal ventral polarity; Embryogenesis; Gurken; Oogenesis; Pipe; Sp tzle

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OOGENESIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOTRANSFERASES; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0034936975     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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