The role of the msh homeobox gene during Drosophila neurogenesis: Implication for the dorsoventral specification of the neuroectoderm

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3099-3109

  Isshiki, Takako ^a   Takeichi, Masatoshi ^a,b   Nose, Akinao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CNS patterning; Drosophila; Homeobox; msh; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; HOMEOBOX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030982569     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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