Article
Despite expression in embryonic visceral mesoderm, H2.0 is not essential for Drosophila visceral muscle morphogenesis.
Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1991
Barad M, Erlebacher A, McGinnis W
Abstract excerpt
H2.0, a homeobox gene identified by homology to the Sex combs reduced homeobox of Drosophila, is expressed in all the cellular precursors of the visceral musculature. By analogy to the essential function of most other known homeobox genes in determining the fate of cells where they are expressed, we hypothesized that mutation of H2.0 would disrupt gut muscle development. In this paper, we show that a small...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Deletion
- Drosophila
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Homeobox
- Homozygote
- Mesoderm
- Morphogenesis
- Muscles
- Phenotype