Drosophila tissue and organ development: Imaginal discs

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Genes involved in tissue and organ development

Imaginal Discs and Tissues

Imaginal discs and tissues

Imaginal discs
- clypeolabral
- eye - antennal
- genital
- haltere (the haltere is a balancing organ of the third thoracic segment - see Ultrabithorax)
- labial
- leg
- prothoracic
- tergites
- wing
Imaginal rings
- foregut
- hindgut
- midgut
- salivary gland
- trachea
histoblasts - cells born in the embryo that give rise to the adult abdomen during pupal metamorphosis
Genes expressed early in imaginal discs
Ligands
Other

Genes expressed early in imaginal discs

Transcription factors
- araucan
- aristaless
- brinker
- caupolican
- Chip
- combgap
- cryptocephal
- distal-less
- drumstick
- Ecdysone-induced protein 74EF
- Ecdysone-induced protein 75B
- Eip93F
- escargot
- grainy head
- Grunge
- Hormone receptor like/Hr46 (common alternative name: DHR3)
- Hormone receptor-like in 38
- Myb oncogene-like
- Resistance to Juvenile Hormone
- rotund
- scalloped
- Sex combs extra
- snail
- vestigial
- vrille
Cytoplasmic proteins

Genes involved in tissue development

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