The Drosophila SOX-domain protein Dichaete is required for the development of the central nervous system midline

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3989-3996

  Soriano, Natalla Sánchez ^a   Russell, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichaete; Drosophila; Midline; Nervous system; Sox domain

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA; HOMEOBOX; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HMGB PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0008258998     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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