Analysis and reconstitution of the genetic cascade controlling early mesoderm morphogenesis in the Drosophila embryo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-179

  Seher, Thomas C ^a   Narasimha, Maithreyi ^a   Vogelsang, Elisabeth ^a   Leptin, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell shape changes; Concertina; Fog; Gastrulation; Snail; Transcription; Twist

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTRULA; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33847017618     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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