Article
Expression of the disconnected gene during development of Drosophila melanogaster.
The EMBO journal - 1 Apr 1991
Lee K J, Freeman M, Steller H
Abstract excerpt
Proper development of the larval visual nerve, Bolwig's nerve, of Drosophila melanogaster requires the wild type function of the disconnected (disco) gene. In disco mutants, the nerve does not make stable connections with its targets in the larval brain. We have begun to explore the role of disco in the formation of the nervous system by examining the distribution of disco mRNA and protein in embryos and third...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Genes
- Larva
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Organ Specificity
- RNA, Messenger