Article
Ancestral role of caudal genes in axis elongation and segmentation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Dec 2004
Copf Tijana, Schröder Reinhard, Averof Michalis
Abstract excerpt
caudal (cad/Cdx) genes are essential for the formation of posterior structures in Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, and vertebrates. In contrast to Drosophila, the majority of arthropods generate their segments sequentially from a posteriorly located growth zone, a process known as short-germ development. caudal homologues are expressed in the growth zone of diverse short-germ arthropods, but until now their...
Topics
- Animals
- Artemia
- Axis, Cervical Vertebra
- Drosophila Proteins
- Gene Expression
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Insect Proteins
- Phenotype
- RNA Interference
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factors
- Tribolium