The spalt-related gene of Drosophila melanogaster is a member of an ancient gene family, defined by the adjacent, region-specific homeotic gene spalt

Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Barrio, Rosa ^a,f   Shea, Martin J ^b   Carulli, John ^c   Lipkow, Karen ^d   Gaul, Ulrike ^d   Frommer, Götz ^e   Schuh, Reinhard ^e   Jäckle, Herbert ^e   Kafatos, Fotis C ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Molecular evolution; Spalt gene family; Transcription factor; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747165586     PISSN: 0930035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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