Daughterless is required for the expression of cell cycle genes in peripheral nervous system precursors of Drosophila embryos

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-122

  Hassan, Bassem ^a,b   Vaessin, Harald ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle genes; Daughterless; Gene expression; PNS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030764255     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)21:2<117::AID-DVG1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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