Molecular Integration of Wingless, Decapentaplegic, and Autoregulatory Inputs into Distalless during Drosophila Leg Development

Developmental Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-96

  Estella, Carlos ^a   McKay, Daniel J ^b   Mann, Richard S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Integrated Program in Cellular   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; LEG TRIGGER PROTEIN; MAINTENANCE PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEG; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 37749027310     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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