An in vivo analysis of the Vestigial gene in Drosophila melanogaster defines the domains required for VG function

Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1365-1373

  MacKay, Julie O ^a,c   Soanes, Kelly H ^a,c   Srivastava, Ajay ^a   Simmonds, Andrew ^b   Brook, William J ^c   Bell, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; SCALLOPED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESTIGIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; WING;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037396649     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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