The spitz gene is required for photoreceptor determination in the Drosophila eye where it interacts with the EGF receptor.

doi:10.1016/0925-4773(94)90003-5

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The spitz gene is required for photoreceptor determination in the Drosophila eye where it interacts with the EGF receptor.

Mechanisms of development - 1 Oct 1994

Freeman M

Abstract excerpt

Little is known about the mechanisms by which photoreceptors other than R7 are determined during Drosophila eye development. By looking for mutations that modify the phenotype caused by ectopic expression of the rhomboid gene in the eye, I have discovered that the spitz gene is required for photo...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Drosophila
ErbB Receptors
Eye
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutation
Phenotype
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
Signal Transduction
Transforming Growth Factor alpha

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