Interactions between fused, a segment-polarity gene in Drosophila, and other segmentation genes.

doi:10.1242/dev.112.2.417

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Interactions between fused, a segment-polarity gene in Drosophila, and other segmentation genes.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 1991

Limbourg-Bouchon B, Busson D, Lamour-Isnard C

Abstract excerpt

Fused (fu) is a segment polarity gene whose product is maternally required in the posterior part of each segment. To define further the role of fused and determine how it interacts with other segmentation genes, we examined the phenotypes obtained by combining fused with mutations of pair rule, h...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Gastrula
Gene Expression
Genes
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Morphogenesis
Mutagenesis
Phenotype

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