The Heidelberg Screen for Pattern Mutants of Drosophila: A Personal Account

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-46

  Wieschaus, Eric ^a   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Drosophila; Embryonic lethal mutations; Larval cuticle; Pattern formation; Saturation screens

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEIDELBERG SCREEN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC TESTING; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84990866083     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-113015-023138     Document Type: Review

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