Conservation of upstream regulators of scute on the notum of cyclorraphous Diptera

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 216, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 363-371

  Simpson, Pat ^a   Lewis, Morag ^a   Richardson, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Western Bank ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achaete scute; Anopheles gambiae; Bristle pattern; Calliphora vicina; Drosophila

Indexed keywords

CAUPOLICAN PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; INSECT PROTEIN; PANNIER PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SCUTE PROTEIN; STRIPE PROTEIN; U SHAPED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; FLY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33745958586     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-006-0077-4     Document Type: Review

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