Elimination of EVE protein by CALI in the short germ band insect Tribolium suggests a conserved pair-rule function for even skipped

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-195

  Schröder, Reinhard ^a   Jay, Daniel G ^b   Tautz, Diethard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Even skipped; Phenocopy; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LASERS; MORPHOGENESIS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; ROSANILINE DYES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345320436     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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