Xenopus Xotx2 and Drosophila otd share similar activities in anterior patterning of the frog embryo.

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Published in Dev Genes Evol on March 11, 2006

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Andrea Lunardi1, Robert Vignali

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1: Dipartimento di Biologia, Laboratorio di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università di Pisa, via G Carducci 13, 56100, Pisa, Italy.

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