Functional analyses of tiptop and Antennapedia in the embryonic development of Oncopeltus fasciatus suggests an evolutionary pathway from ground state to insect legs

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Herke, Scott W ^a   Serio, Nahum V ^a   Rogers, Bryan T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennapedia; Ground state; Leg development; Oncopeltus fasciatus; RNA interference; tiptop

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; HEMIPTERA; HOX GENE; INSECT; LEG; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUTH; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSE ORGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 13444257866     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01561     Document Type: Article

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