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A vertex specific dorsal selector Dve represses the ventral appendage identity in Drosophila head.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Aug 2014
Kiritooshi Naruto, Yorimitsu Takeshi, Shirai Tetsuya, Puli Oorvashi Roy, Singh Amit, Nakagoshi Hideki
Abstract excerpt
Developmental fields are subdivided into lineage-restricted cell populations, known as compartments. In the eye imaginal disc of Drosophila, dorso-ventral (DV) lineage restriction is the primary event, whereas antero-posterior compartment boundary is the first lineage restriction in other imaginal discs. The Iroquois complex (Iro-C) genes function as dorsal selectors and repress the default, ventral, identity in...
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