iroquois: a prepattern gene that controls the formation of bristles on the thorax of Drosophila.

doi:10.1016/0925-4773(96)00577-1

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iroquois: a prepattern gene that controls the formation of bristles on the thorax of Drosophila.

Mechanisms of development - 1 Sept 1996

Leyns L, Gómez-Skarmeta J L, Dambly-Chaudière C

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We have isolated a Drosophila mutant where the lateral parts of the notum are completely naked, leaving unaffected a median stripe of hairs. This mutation, iroquois (iro), defines a new gene which maps at 69D. We show that, in the presumptive lateral notum of mutant discs, sense organ precursor c...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chromosome Banding
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genes, Insect
Homeodomain Proteins
Mutation
Transcription Factors

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