Specification of the Drosophila CNS midline cell lineage: Direct control of Single-Minded transcription by dorsal/ventral patterning genes

Gene Expression

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-189

  Kasai, Yumi ^a,b   Stahl, Stephanie ^a   Crews, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal; Dorsal ventral; Single minded; Snail; Transcription; Twist

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031733979     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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