Mutations in lottchen cause cell fate transformations in both neuroblast and glioblast lineages in the Drosophila embryonic central nervous system

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 673-681

  Buescher, Marita ^a   Chia, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drosophila embryonic CNS; Longitudinal glia; Neuroblast identity; RP2 motoneuron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031042084     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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