The homeobox gene cut interacts genetically with the homeotic genes proboscipedia and Antennapedia.

doi:10.1093/genetics/149.1.131

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The homeobox gene cut interacts genetically with the homeotic genes proboscipedia and Antennapedia.

Genetics - 1 May 1998

Johnston L A, Ostrow B D, Jasoni C, Blochlinger K

Abstract excerpt

The cut locus (ct) codes for a homeodomain protein (Cut) and controls the identity of a subset of cells in the peripheral nervous system in Drosophila. During a screen to identify ct-interacting genes, we observed that flies containing a hypomorphic ct mutation and a heterozygous deletion of the...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Antennapedia Homeodomain Protein
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Genes, Homeobox
Homeodomain Proteins
Mutation
Nuclear Proteins
Repressor Proteins
Transcription Factors

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