Homeotic genes autonomously specify the anteroposterior subdivision of the Drosophila dorsal vessel into aorta and heart

Developmental Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 307-319

  Lo, Patrick C H ^a   Skeath, James B ^b   Gajewski, Kathleen ^c   Schulz, Robert A ^c   Frasch, Manfred ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abd A; Abd B; Cardiogenesis; Dorsal vessel; Heart patterning; Homeotic genes; Hox genes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036435530     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0839     Document Type: Article

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