The Drosophila gap gene giant has an anterior segment identity function mediated through disconnected and teashirt

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 441-453

  Sanders, Lisa R ^a,b   Patel, Mukund ^a,c   Mahaffey, James W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATO RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; DISCO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GIANT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PRIMER DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TSH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCONNECTED GENE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GIANT GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEASHIRT GENE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 52049092352     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.084988     Document Type: Article

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