A gene expression atlas of a bicoid-depleted drosophila embryo reveals early canalization of cell fate

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 587-596

  Staller, Max V ^a   Fowlkes, Charless C ^b   Bragdon, Meghan D J ^a   Wunderlich, Zeba ^a   Estrada, Javier ^a   Depace, Angela H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Canalization; Drosophila; Even skipped; Gene expression atlas; Transcriptional network

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION ATLAS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; DEFICIENCY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84921482969     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.117796     Document Type: Article

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