biparous: A novel bHLH gene expressed in neuronal and glial precursors in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 759-772

  Bush, Andrew ^a   Hiromi, Yasushi ^a   Cole, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PRECURSOR; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GLIA CELL; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030589725     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0344     Document Type: Article

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