Eye specification in Drosophila: Perspectives and implications

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 469-474

  Kumar, Justin P ^a   Moses, Kevin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Evolution; Eye; Specification

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EYE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

GREVILLEA BANKSII; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035782664     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2001.0270     Document Type: Article

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