Article
sine oculis is a homeobox gene required for Drosophila visual system development.
Genetics - 1 Dec 1994
Serikaku M A, O'Tousa J E
Abstract excerpt
The somda (sine oculis-medusa) mutant is the result of a P element insertion at position 43C on the second chromosome. somda causes aberrant development of the larval photoreceptor (Bolwig's) organ and the optic lobe primordium in the embryo. Later in development, adult photoreceptors fail to pro...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Axons
- Base Sequence
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryonic Development
- Eye
- Eye Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Insect
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Larva
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian
- Phenotype