A Dynamic Network of Morphogens and Transcription Factors Patterns the Fly Leg

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-198

  Estella, Carlos ^a,b   Voutev, Roumen ^a   Mann, Richard S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Instituto Universitario IVI INCLIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appendage development; Cell cell signaling; Dachshund; Distalless; Dpp; Drosophila development; Leg development; Sp1; Transcription cascades; Wingless

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856459617     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386499-4.00007-0     Document Type: Chapter

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