Interactions of the Drosophila gap gene giant with maternal and zygotic pattern-forming genes.

Abstract excerpt

The Drosophila gene giant (gt) is a segmentation gene that affects anterior head structures and abdominal segments A5-A7. Immunolocalization of the gt product shows that it is a nuclear protein whose expression is initially activated in an anterior and a posterior domain. Activation of the anterior domain is dependent on the maternal bicoid gradient while activation of the posterior domain requires maternal nanos...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Drosophila
• Share to Embryo, Nonmammalian
• Share to Gene Expression