Article
Three putative murine Teashirt orthologues specify trunk structures in Drosophila in the same way as the Drosophila teashirt gene.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 2004
Manfroid Isabelle, Caubit Xavier, Kerridge Stephen, Fasano Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila teashirt (tsh) functions as a region-specific homeotic gene that specifies trunk identity during embryogenesis. Based on sequence homology, three tsh-like (Tsh) genes have been identified in the mouse. Their expression patterns in specific regions of the trunk, limbs and gut raise the possibility that they may play similar roles to tsh in flies. By expressing the putative mouse Tsh genes in flies, we...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Eye
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Insect
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Mice
