A conserved developmental program for sensory organ formation in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-297

  Niwa, Nao ^a,d   Hiromi, Yasushi ^a,b,c   Okabe, Masataka ^a,b,d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; ECDYSONE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ATO; PROTEIN EY; PROTEIN WG; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATO GENE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIS ISOMER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DPP GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EAR; EY GENE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SENSE ORGAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; WG GENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSONE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; SENSE ORGANS;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1442311558     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1308     Document Type: Article

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