A unique mutation in the Enhancer of split gene complex affects the fates of the mystery cells in the developing Drosophila eye.

doi:10.1242/dev.115.1.89

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A unique mutation in the Enhancer of split gene complex affects the fates of the mystery cells in the developing Drosophila eye.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 1992

Fischer-Vize J A, Vize P D, Rubin G M

Abstract excerpt

An unusual recessive allele of the Drosophila groucho gene, which encodes a transducin-like protein, affects the fates of specific cells in the eye disc. groucho is one of several transcription units in the Enhancer of split complex. Most groucho mutations are zygotic lethal due to the proliferat...

Topics

Animals
Cell Communication
Drosophila
Eye
Genes, Fungal
Immunohistochemistry
Mutation
Phenotype
Photoreceptor Cells

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