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Maintenance of segment and appendage primordia by the Tribolium gene knödel.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jun 2006
Wohlfrom Hilde, Schinko Johannes Benno, Klingler Martin, Bucher Gregor
Abstract excerpt
For homeotic and segment-polarity genes in Drosophila, a switch in gene regulation has been described that distinguishes patterning and maintenance phases. Maintenance of segment and organ primordia involves secondary patterning and differentiation steps, as well as survival factors regulating proliferation and organ size. In a screen for embryonic lethal mutations in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, we have...
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- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Differentiation
- Developmental Biology
- Drosophila melanogaster
