Van Gogh: a new Drosophila tissue polarity gene.

doi:10.1093/genetics/150.1.199

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Van Gogh: a new Drosophila tissue polarity gene.

Genetics - 1 Sept 1998

Taylor J, Abramova N, Charlton J, Adler P N

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Mutations in the Van Gogh gene result in the altered polarity of adult Drosophila cuticular structures. On the wing, Van Gogh mutations cause an altered polarity pattern that is typical of mutations that inactivate the frizzled signaling/signal transduction pathway. The phenotype however, differs...

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Animals
Body Patterning
Drosophila
Mutation
Phenotype
Signal Transduction

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