Homothorax and Extradenticle alter the transcription factor network in Drosophila ommatidia at the dorsal rim of the retina

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 918-928

  Wernet, Mathias F ^a,b   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Patterning; Retina

Indexed keywords

EXTRADENTICLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOMOTHORAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENE; MOSAICISM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

DROSOPHILA; PATTERNING; RETINA;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84893323480     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.103127     Document Type: Article

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