The Drosophila Extradenticle and Homothorax selector proteins control branchless/FGF expression in mesodermal bridge-cells

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 762-768

  Merabet, Samir ^a   Ebner, Andreas ^a   Affolter, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell migration; FGF; Hox proteins; Hunchback; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EXTRADENTICLE PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMOTHORAX PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT CELL; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGANDS; MESODERM; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

INSECTA;

EID: 30944463028     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400462     Document Type: Article

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