Evolution of the dorsal-ventral patterning network in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2415-2424

  Goltsev, Yury ^a   Fuse, Naoyuki ^b   Frasch, Manfred ^c   Zinzen, Robert P ^a   Lanzaro, Gregory ^d   Levine, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Anopheles gambiae; Dorsal ventral patterning; Dpp; Embryo; Gastrulation; Gene network; Mosquito; Serosa; Sog; Zen

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INSECT GENETICS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SEROSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT HORMONES; MESODERM; NEURONS; PYRAZOLES; SEROUS MEMBRANE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34447504952     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02863     Document Type: Article

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