Twist is required for muscle template splitting during adult Drosophila myogenesis.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1998.9040

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Twist is required for muscle template splitting during adult Drosophila myogenesis.

Developmental biology - 1 Nov 1998

Cripps R M, Olson E N

Abstract excerpt

The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor Twist is required for normal development of larval and adult somatic muscles in Drosophila. Adult flies normally have six pairs of dorsal longitudinal indirect flight muscles (DLMs), whereas when Twist function is reduced, only three pairs of DLMs a...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
DNA-Binding Proteins
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Immunohistochemistry
Larva
MEF2 Transcription Factors
Muscle Development
Muscles
Mutation
Myogenic Regulatory Factors
Nuclear Proteins
Phenotype
Temperature
Transcription Factors
Twist-Related Protein 1

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PMID: 9806776
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9040

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