A genetic screen for mutations affecting gonad formation in Drosophila reveals a role for the slit/robo pathway

Developmental Biology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-228

  Weyers, Jill J ^a   Milutinovich Allison B , A B ^a   Takeda, Yasuko ^a   Jemc, Jennifer C ^a   Van Doren, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gonad formation; Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

DESMOSOMAL CADHERIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LAMININ; LAMININ BETA1; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 79954996503     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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