The correct activation of Antennapedia and bithorax complex genes requires the fushi tarazu gene.

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The correct activation of Antennapedia and bithorax complex genes requires the fushi tarazu gene.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Ingham P W, Martinez-Arias A

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In the Drosophila embryo the establishment and specification of metameric units depends upon the selective activation of the segmentation and the homoeotic selector genes. The former are necessary for establishing the appropriate number of metameric or parasegmental units, whereas the latter cont...

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Animals
Blastoderm
Drosophila
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Homeobox
Mutation
Transcription, Genetic

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