Redundant mechanisms mediate bristle patterning on the Drosophila thorax

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 20112-20117

  Usui, Kazuya ^a,b   Goldstone, Claire ^a   Gibert, Jean Michel ^a,c   Simpson, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Geneva ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achaete scute; Extramacrochaetae; Hairy; Redundancy; Stripe

Indexed keywords

ACHAETE SCUTE GENE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; THORAX;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HAIR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; THORAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 58149496036     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804282105     Document Type: Article

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