Regional specification of muscle progenitors in Drosophila: the role of the msh homeobox gene.

doi:10.1242/dev.125.2.215

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Regional specification of muscle progenitors in Drosophila: the role of the msh homeobox gene.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 1998

Nose A, Isshiki T, Takeichi M

Abstract excerpt

The somatic musculature in the abdominal hemisegments of Drosophila consists of 30 uniquely identifiable muscle fibers. Previous studies have suggested that the muscle diversity originates in a special class of myoblasts, called muscle founders, that are formed by the division of muscle progenito...

Topics

Animals
Biomarkers
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genes, Homeobox
Genes, Reporter
Homeodomain Proteins
Lac Operon
Mesoderm
Morphogenesis
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Muscles
Mutation
Myosins
RNA, Messenger
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Stem Cells

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PMID: 9486795
DOI: 10.1242/dev.125.2.215

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