Article
Functional hierarchy and phenotypic suppression among Drosophila homeotic genes: the labial and empty spiracles genes.
The EMBO journal - 15 Jan 1996
Macías A, Morata G
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila homeotic cluster (HOM-C) is made up of eight genes, which specify the identity of cephalic, thoracic and abdominal segments. These genes can be ordered in a hierarchy which correlates with their position along the 5'-3' transcriptional direction. When they are absent, thoracic and...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Insect
- Genotype
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Larva
- Mitosis
- Multigene Family
- Phenotype
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Recombination, Genetic
- Suppression, Genetic
- Transcription, Genetic
- X-Rays