The Bicoid Morphogen System

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Porcher, Aude ^a   Dostatni, Nathalie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77649158519     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.026     Document Type: Review

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