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Dual functions of wingless in the Drosophila leg imaginal disc.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 1995
Wilder E L, Perrimon N
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila gene wingless is a member of the Wnt gene family, a group of genes that are involved in embryonic development and the regulation of cell proliferation. wingless encodes a secreted glycoprotein that plays a role in embryogenesis as well as in the development of adult structures. In the primordia of the adult limbs, the imaginal discs, wingless is expressed in an anterior ventral sector and is...
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