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Regulation of wingless transcription in the Drosophila embryo
P.W. Ingham, A. Hidalgo
Development 1993 117: 283-291;

Summary

The segment polarity gene wingless (wg) is expressed in a complex pattern during embryogenesis suggesting that it plays multiple roles in the development of the embryo. The best characterized of these is its role in cell pattening in each parasegment, a process that requires the activity of other segment polarity genes including patched (ptc) and hedgehog (hh). Here we present further evidence that ptc and hh encode components of a signal transduction pathway that regulate the expression of wg transcription following its activation by pair-rule genes. We also show that most other aspects of wg expression are independent of this regulatory network.

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Regulation of wingless transcription in the Drosophila embryo
P.W. Ingham, A. Hidalgo
Development 1993 117: 283-291;
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