A transcript from a Drosophila pattern gene predicts a protein homologous to the transforming growth factor-beta family.

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A transcript from a Drosophila pattern gene predicts a protein homologous to the transforming growth factor-beta family.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Padgett R W, St Johnston R D, Gelbart W M

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The decapentaplegic gene complex (DPP-C) has been implicated in several events in pattern formation during Drosophila development. During embryogenesis, the DPP-C participates in the establishment of dorsal-ventral specification. Later, it is required for the correct morphogenesis of the imaginal...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Cattle
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila
Humans
Mice
Peptides
Phenotype
Swine
Transcription, Genetic
Transforming Growth Factors

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