Article
The gene serpent has homeotic properties and specifies endoderm versus ectoderm within the Drosophila gut.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 1994
Reuter R
Abstract excerpt
The gut of Drosophila consists of ectodermally derived foregut and hindgut and endodermally derived midgut. Here I show that the gene serpent plays a key role in the development of the endoderm. serpent embryos lack the entire midgut and do not show endodermal differentiation. They gastrulate nor...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Drosophila
- Ectoderm
- Endoderm
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Insect
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intestines
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation