Pyramus and thisbe: FGF genes that pattern the mesoderm of Drosophila embryos

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 687-699

  Stathopoulos, Angelike ^a   Tam, Bergin ^a   Ronshaugen, Matthew ^a   Frasch, Manfred ^b   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal; Drosophila embryo; FGF; Heartless receptor; Pyramus; Thisbe

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMUS GENE; THISBE GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; MESODERM; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; THISBE;

EID: 1842842204     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1166404     Document Type: Article

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