Hox genes and the regulation of movement in Drosophila

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-316

  Dixit, Richa ^a   VijayRaghavan, K ^a   Bate, Michael ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AbdA; Drosophila; Hox genes; Locomotion; Ubx

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEEDING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; HOX GENE; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLES; MUTATION;

EID: 39349086229     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20589     Document Type: Article

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