Embryonic expression and characterization of a Ptx1 homolog in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 139-147

  Vorbrüggen, Gerd ^a   Constien, Rainer ^a   Zilian, Olav ^b   Wimmer, Ernst A ^a   Dowe, Gordon ^a   Taubert, Heike ^a   Noll, Markus ^b   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

D Ptx1; Embryonic expression patterns; Paired type homeodomain; Ptx1 homolog

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL FUNCTION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; HOMEOBOX; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTODERM; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344589319     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00139-1     Document Type: Article

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