The relative expression amounts of apterous and its co-factor dLdb/Chip are critical for dorso-ventral compartmentalization in the Drosophila wing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6846-6853

  Fernández Fúnez, Pedro ^b   Lu, Cheng Hsin ^a   Rincón Limas, Diego E ^a   García Bellido, Antonio ^b   Botas, Juan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apterous; Co factor; Compartment; LDB; LIM domain

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; FORELIMB; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0345267407     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.23.6846     Document Type: Article

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