Requirement of abdominal-A and Abdominal-B in the developing genitalia of Drosophila breaks the posterior downregulation rule

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Foronda, David ^a   Estrada, Beatriz ^a,b   de Navas, Luis ^a   Sánchez Herrero, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal A; Abdominal B; Distal less; Genitalia; Hox; Imaginal disc

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL A PROTEIN; ABDOMINAL B PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

INSECTA;

EID: 31644439148     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02173     Document Type: Article

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