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Evidence for a direct functional antagonism of the selector genes proboscipedia and eyeless in Drosophila head development.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 2003
Benassayag Corinne, Plaza Serge, Callaerts Patrick, Clements Jason, Romeo Yves, Gehring Walter J, Cribbs David L
Abstract excerpt
Diversification of Drosophila segmental and cellular identities both require the combinatorial function of homeodomain-containing transcription factors. Ectopic expression of the mouthparts selector proboscipedia (pb) directs a homeotic antenna-to-maxillary palp transformation. It also induces a dosage-sensitive eye loss that we used to screen for dominant Enhancer mutations. Four such Enhancer mutations were...
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