Giant is a bona fide gap gene in the intermediate germband insect, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 835-844

  Liu, Paul Z ^a   Patel, Nipam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Giant; Intermediate germ; Oncopeltus fasciatus; Segmentation; Short germ

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GAP GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MAXILLA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIBOLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ONCOPELTUS; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE);

EID: 76449116051     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.045948     Document Type: Article

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