Postgastrular zen expression is required to develop distinct amniotic and serosal epithelia in the scuttle fly Megaselia

Developmental Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Rafiqi, Ab Matteen ^a   Lemke, Steffen ^a   Schmidt Ott, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Dorsal closure; Drosophila; Evo Devo; Extraembryonic membrane; Germband retraction; Homology; Insects; Megaselia

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ZEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZEN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

AMNION CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLY; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROSA; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77951224083     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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