The genital disc of Drosophila melanogaster. I. Segmental and compartmental organization

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 216-228

  Casares, Fernando ^a,c   Sánchez, Lucas ^b   Guerrero, Isabel ^a   Sánchez Herrero, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment; Drosophila; engrailed; Genital disc; Homeotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOMEOBOX; IMAGINAL DISC; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343907351     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050110     Document Type: Article

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