Regulatory interactions during early neurogenesis in Drosophila

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-27

  Hassan, Bassem ^a   Vaessin, Harald ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; neurogenesis; neuronal precursor genes; proneural genes

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029864960     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:1<18::AID-DVG3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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