The drumstick gene acts cell-non-autonomously and triggers specification of the small intestine in the Drosophila hindgut

An odd family gene drumstick (drm) encodes a zinc finger protein, and is necessary for the development of the small intestine, an anterior domain of the ectodermal hindgut of Drosophila melanogaster. However, mechanisms that specify the small intestine, as well as gene regulatory pathways leading to...

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