Klumpfuss, a putative Drosophila zinc finger transcription factor, acts to differentiate between the identities of two secondary precursor cells within one neuroblast lineage

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1396-1408

  Yang, Xiaohang ^a   Bahri, Sami ^a   Klein, Thomas ^a   Chia, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; Drosophila embryonic CNS; Neuroblast lineage; Neuronal diversity

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; INHERITANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACACIA FARNESIANA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030960007     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.11.1396     Document Type: Article

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