The differentiation of the serotonergic neurone in the Drosophila ventral nerve cord depends on the combined function of the zinc finger proteins Eagle and Huckebein

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2515-2525

  Dittrich, R ^e   Bossing, T ^a,c   Gould, A P ^b,d   Technau, G M ^a   Urban, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eagle; Huckebein; Neuroblast; Serotonergic neuron; Ventral nerve cord; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EAGLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HKB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NEUROPEPTIDE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; VENTRAL ROOT; ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEROTONIN; STEM CELLS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0030609890     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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