CNS midline to mesoderm signaling in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-68

  Zhou, Lei ^a   Xiao, Hong ^a   Nambu, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; CNS midline; Drosophila; Mesoderm

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030824451     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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