The iroquois complex controls the somatotopy of Drosophila notum mechanosensory projections

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3563-3569

  Grillenzoni, Nicola ^a   Van Helden, Jacques ^a,b   Dambly Chaudière, Christine ^a   Ghysen, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

achaete scute complex (ASC); Central projections; Drosophila; iroquois gene complex (IRO C); Sensory neurons; Somatotopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; MODEL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA NOTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031722511     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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