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Maternally transcribed genes

Terminal Group

Transfer of dorsoventral and terminal information from the ovary to the embryo by a common group of eggshell proteins in Drosophila

Terminal Genes

• capicua
• corkscrew - a protein tyrosine phosphatase
• dead ringer
• kurtz
• pole hole (common alternative name: raf)
• Ras oncogene at 85D
• rolled - also known as MAP kinase or D-MEK
• torso
• torso-like
• trunk
• tailless (required zygotically)
• huckebein (required zygotically)

Maternally transcribed genes

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