Nubbin encodes a POU-domain protein required for proximal-distal patterning in the Drosophila wing.

doi:10.1242/dev.121.2.589

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Nubbin encodes a POU-domain protein required for proximal-distal patterning in the Drosophila wing.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 1995

Ng M, Diaz-Benjumea F J, Cohen S M

Abstract excerpt

The nubbin gene is required for normal growth and patterning of the wing in Drosophila. We report here that nubbin encodes a member of the POU family of transcription factors. Regulatory mutants which selectively remove nubbin expression from wing imaginal discs lead to loss of wing structures. A...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Ectoderm
Gene Expression
Genes, Insect
In Situ Hybridization
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Phenotype
Transcription Factors
Wings, Animal

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