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Genes involved in tissue and organ development

Ectoderm and Epidermis

What distinguishes ectoderm from epidermis?

Genes expressed in the amnioserosa

Genes expressed in ectoderm and epidermis

*** indicates a special link to ectoderm specific information

Gene families active in ectoderm Antennapedia complex bithorax complex gap genes mediolateral genes or spitz group neurogenic genes pair rule genes proneural genes segment polarity genes Cell surface and secreted proteins Alk argos | *** arrow brainiac branchless | *** commissureless Contactin crumbs | *** dachsous derailed Dfrizzled-3 dispatched echinoid & friend of echinoid Egf-r (synonym: torpedo and DER) | *** 18 wheeler | *** Ephrin faint sausage Fasciclin 2 Fasciclin 3 | *** fat frizzled | *** hibris Insulin-like receptor kuzbanian myospheroid | *** Neurexin | *** punt pyramus and thisbe rhomboid | *** saxophone screw | *** Serotonin receptor 2 shifted short gastrulation | *** shotgun | *** slit Spatzle | *** alpha Spectrin | *** Star Syntaxin 1A | *** thick veins thisbe and pyramus Toll | *** Tollo tolloid | *** tolloid related-1 Transforming growth factor beta at 60A vein WNT4 Other Abl oncogene adrift Akt1 Amphiphysin Apaf-1-related-killer APC-like arc A3-3 - ATF3 basic leucine-zipper transcription factor basket (also known as JNK) | *** bazooka | *** big brain blistery Btk family kinase at 29A Buffy canoe cdc2 Cdc42 chickadee | *** Clathrin heavy chain clift (also known as eyes absent) coracle | *** corkscrew | *** costa | *** crossveinless c dacapo | *** diaphanous disc proliferation abnormal ebi enabled exo84 fizzy related Fps oncogene analog Focal adhesion kinase-like headcase held out wings homer Inositol 1,4,5,-tris-phosphate receptor Integrin linked kinase kakapo karst (also known as betaHeavy Spectrin) ketel Kinesin associated protein 3 Kruppel homolog 1 legless lethal (2) giant larvae lines loco Merlin Moesin-like mummy myoblast city naked cuticle nemo nicastrin PAK-kinase pale par-6 pavarotti partner of inscuteable pebble pelle pitchoune polychaetoid Presenilin prickle atypical protein kinase C puckered Rab23 Rac1 raf Ras oncogene at 85D Regulator of cyclin A1 Rho1 rugose sickle serpentine and vermiform scribbled shibire Sir2 slow as molasses smallminded small wing snoN spastin split ends Src homology 2, ankyrin repeat, tyrosine kinase Src oncogene at 42A stardust strawberry notch Talin tarsal-less Thrombospondin (produced by ectodermally derived tendon cells that form myotendinous juctions) trio tube ß1 tubulin | *** ß3 Tubulin

Transcription factors abrupt abstrakt araucan brinker | *** broad (common alternative name: Broad Complex) brother of odd with entrails limited caudal caupolican charlatan CrebA crocodile | *** daughterless Dichaete (also known as Sox box protein 70D) | *** Domina Dorsocross drumstick Ecdysone-induced protein 74EF E(spl) region transcript m7 escargot extradenticle extra machrochaete eyelid | *** forkhead Fos-related antigen fruitless glial cells missing grain grainy head | *** groucho Hairless Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (maternal mRNA) homothorax Hormone receptor like/Hr46 (common alternative name: DHR3) Hormone receptor-like in 38 intermediate neuroblasts defective islet jing klumpfuss lilliputian mirror | *** Mnt muscle segment homeobox | *** Myb oncogene-like nejire: CREB-binding protein or CBP Nkx6 odd-skipped Optix p53 pannier | *** PAR-domain protein 1 pangolin | *** polyhomeotic pygopus schnurri | *** sloppy paired slow border cells SoxNeuro stripe | *** tango teashirt unplugged vrille yan | *** zerknüllt | *** Genes expressed in the amnioserosa *** indicates a special link to amnioserosa specific information Basigin C15 CrebA dacapo dead ringer decapentaplegic Dorsocross | *** Fps oncogene analog Fos-related antigen karst (also known as betaHeavy Spectrin) Lipid storage droplet-2 Medea Mothers against dpp Krüppel myospheroid pannier | *** pebbled | *** punt saxophone | *** thick veins scab screw | *** shrew serpent | *** short gastrulation tolloid | *** u-shaped | *** zerknüllt | ***

What distinguishes ectoderm from epidermis?

The ectoderm is the outer germ layer of the embryo, to be distinguished from the endoderm and mesoderm. Epidermis, derived from ectoderm, is the outer epithelial layer of the embryo, larva and adult; it secretes cuticle, the exoskeleton of the fly.

Genes involved in tissue development

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