Loss-of-function mutations reveal that the Drosophila nautilus gene is not essential for embryonic myogenesis or viability

Developmental Biology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 374-382

  Balagopalan, Lakshmi ^a   Keller, Cheryl A ^a   Abmayr, Susan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Drosophila; Embryogenesis; Mutations; Myogenesis; Nautilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA NAUTILUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZYGOTE;

DROSOPHILA NAUTILUS; NAUTILUS;

EID: 0035869587     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0162     Document Type: Article

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