Reciprocal functions of the Drosophila Yellow and Ebony proteins in the development and evolution of pigment patterns

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1849-1858

  Wittkopp, Patricia J ^a   True, John R ^a   Carroll, Sean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Drosophila; Ebony; Evolution; Melanin; Pigment; Tan; Yellow

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MELANIN; N BETA ALANYL DOPAMINE SYNTHETASE; PIGMENT; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENE FUNCTION; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA BIARMIPES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036337804     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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