Knockdown of spalt function by RNAi causes de-repression of Hox genes and homeotic transformations in the crustacean Artemia franciscana

Developmental Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-94

  Copf, Tijana ^a,b   Rabet, Nicolas ^c   Averof, Michalis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Appendages; Genital structures; Homeosis; Hox gene regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPALT GENE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; ARTHROPODA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 33748784623     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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