Distinct functions of homothorax in leg development in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Azpiazu, Natalia ^a   Morata, Ginés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dll; Dpp; hth; Leg development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOTHORAX; LEG; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THICKNESS; VEIN; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; LIMB; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ARISTALESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DISTAL LESS PROTEIN, INSECT; DISTAL-LESS PROTEIN, INSECT; DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMOTHORAX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TSH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036830393     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00295-2     Document Type: Article

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