Tailless patterning functions are conserved in the honeybee even in the absence of Torso signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 276-287

  Wilson, Megan J ^a   Dearden, Peter K ^a  

^a National Research Centre for Growth and Development Auckland   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Honeybee; Tailless; Terminal patterning; Torso

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TAILLESS PROTEIN; TORSO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349973438     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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