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senseless is necessary for the survival of embryonic salivary glands in Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Oct 2003
Chandrasekaran Vidya, Beckendorf Steven K
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis in developing Drosophila embryos is rare and confined to specific groups of cells. We explain how one organ, salivary glands, of Drosophila embryos avoids apoptosis. senseless (sens), a Zn-finger transcription factor, is expressed in the salivary primordium and later in the differentiated salivary glands. The regulation of sens expression in the salivary placodes is more complex than observed in the...
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