torso-like encodes the localized determinant of Drosophila terminal pattern formation.

doi:10.1101/gad.7.12b.2548

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torso-like encodes the localized determinant of Drosophila terminal pattern formation.

Genes & development - 1 Dec 1993

Savant-Bhonsale S, Montell D J

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Differentiation of the anterior and posterior poles of the Drosophila embryo requires seven maternally expressed genes including torso-like (tsl) and torso (tor). The tor gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase that is expressed throughout the embryo but is activated specifically at the poles. Ge...

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Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Drosophila
Gene Expression
Genes, Insect
Molecular Sequence Data
Oogenesis

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