The origins of the Drosophila leg revealed by the cis-regulatory architecture of the Distalless gene

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-71

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

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

Author keywords

Distalless; Drosophila melanogaster; Leg; Limb primordium

Indexed keywords

DISTALLESS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISTAL LESS PROTEIN, INSECT; DISTAL-LESS PROTEIN, INSECT; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FORELIMB; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEG; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LOWER EXTREMITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 60749083919     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.029975     Document Type: Article

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