Function of an Ultrabithorax minigene in imaginal cells.

doi:10.1242/dev.114.4.877

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Function of an Ultrabithorax minigene in imaginal cells.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Apr 1992

Castelli-Gair J, Müller J, Bienz M

Abstract excerpt

An Ultrabithorax (Ubx) minigene constructed from three key Ubx control regions is capable of supporting development of Ubx null mutants throughout larval life and beyond to pharate flies, thereby rescuing the larval lethality due to the homeotic mutation. The cuticle of these flies shows that the...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Genes, Homeobox
Morphogenesis
Phenotype
beta-Galactosidase

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