The bHLH transcription factor, hairy, refines the terminal cell fate in the Drosophila embryonic trachea.

BACKGROUND:The pair-rule gene, hairy, encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor and is required for patterning of the early Drosophila embryo and for morphogenesis of the embryonic salivary gland. Although hairy was shown to be expressed in the tracheal primordia and in surrounding mesod...

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Main Authors: Yaoyao Zhan, Saw W Maung, Bing Shao, Monn Monn Myat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2994725?pdf=render