Retinal determination genes function along with cell-cell signals to regulate Drosophila eye development: Examples of multi-layered regulation by master regulators

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 538-546

  Baker, Nicholas E ^a   Firth, Lucy C ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jealott's Hill International Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cell signal; Drosophila eye; Eyeless; Positional information; Retinal determination gene

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ARTICLE; ATONAL GENE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; ENHANCER REGION; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEDGEHOG GENE; HUMAN; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RETINA CELL; RETINAL DETERMINATION GENE; SHAVEN GENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 79959259912     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000131     Document Type: Article

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