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Primary structure and expression of a product from cut, a locus involved in specifying sensory organ identity in Drosophila

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In the absence of cut gene activity in Drosophila, external sensory organs are transformed into chordotonal organs. Here we show that the cut locus encodes a large protein containing a homoeodomain and is expressed in nuclei of cells in external sensory organs but not in cells within chordotonal organs.

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    Karen Blochlinger, Rolf Bodmer, Joseph Jack, Lily Yeh Jan & Yuh Nung Jan

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Blochlinger, K., Bodmer, R., Jack, J. et al. Primary structure and expression of a product from cut, a locus involved in specifying sensory organ identity in Drosophila. Nature 333, 629–635 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/333629a0

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