Article
Identification of target genes of the homeotic gene Antennapedia by enhancer detection.
Genes & development - 1 Dec 1991
Wagner-Bernholz J T, Wilson C, Gibson G, Schuh R, Gehring W J
Abstract excerpt
Localized expression of the homeotic gene Antennapedia (Antp) in Drosophila melanogaster is required for normal development of the thoracic segments. When the Antp gene is expressed ectopically in the larval primordium of the antenna, the antennal imaginal disc, the developmental fate of the disc is switched and the adult antenna is transformed to a mesothoracic leg. We screened approximately 550 different fly...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
- Extremities
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Regulator
- Species Specificity
- Thorax
- Transcriptional Activation
