Loss of Tc-arrow and canonical Wnt signaling alters posterior morphology and pair-rule gene expression in the short-germ insect, Tribolium castaneum

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 219, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 369-375

  Bolognesi, Renata ^a   Fischer, Tamara D ^a   Brown, Susan J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pair rule; Posterior; Segmentation; Short germ; Tribolium; Wnt

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TC ARROW; PROTEIN TC EVE; PROTEIN TC RUN; PROTEIN TC WNT1; PROTEIN TC WNTD 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY REGIONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIBOLIUM; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIBOLIUM; WNT PROTEINS;

HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 70349111798     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-009-0299-3     Document Type: Article

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