Molecular definition of the morphogenetic and regulatory functions and the cis-regulatory elements of the Drosophila Abd-B homeotic gene.

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Molecular definition of the morphogenetic and regulatory functions and the cis-regulatory elements of the Drosophila Abd-B homeotic gene.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 1991

Boulet A M, Lloyd A, Sakonju S

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The Abdominal-B (Abd-B) gene, a member of the Drosophila bithorax complex, is required during development to specify the identity of parasegments 10-14. Based on genetic studies, Casanova, J., Sánchez-Herrero, E. and Morata, G. (1986) Cell 47, 627-636, proposed that the Abd-B gene consists of two...

Topics

Animals
Blotting, Western
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila melanogaster
Gene Expression
Genes, Homeobox
Genes, Regulator
Microscopy, Immunoelectron
Morphogenesis
Mutation

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