Opsins and cell fate in the Drosophila Bolwig organ: Tricky lessons in homology inference

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 980-993

  Friedrich, Markus ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; COMPOUND EYE; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, INSECT; LARVA; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 53149087072     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20803     Document Type: Review

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