Hox genes and the evolution of the arthropod body plan

Evolution and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 459-499

  Hughes, Cynthia L ^a   Kaufman, Thomas C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; ANTP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DFD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FTZ PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX3 PROTEIN, CIONA INTESTINALIS; HOX3 PROTEIN, INSECT; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROBOSCIPEDIA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SEX COMBS REDUCED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTHROPOD; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ARTHROPODS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; MYRIAPODA;

EID: 0036861959     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2002.02034.x     Document Type: Review

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