Drosophila homolog of the myotonic dystrophy-associated gene, SIX5, is required for muscle and gonad development

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1044-1049

  Kirby, Ruth J ^a   Hamilton, Graham M ^c   Finnegan, David J ^a   Johnson, Keith J ^c   Jarman, Andrew P ^a,b  

^a Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUSION; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUSCLE; MUTANT; MYOBLAST; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATED GENE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0035838315     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00319-0     Document Type: Article

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