The Drosophila EGF receptor controls the formation and specification of neuroblasts along the dorsal-ventral axis of the Drosophila embryo

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3301-3312

  Skeath, James B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; DER gene; Dorsoventral patterning; Drosophila; EGF receptor; Neuroblast

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEUREGULINS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031666418     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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