Homeotic gene action in embryonic brain development of Drosophila

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1579-1589

  Hirth, Frank ^a   Hartmann, Beate ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axogenesis; Brain development; Deformed; Drosophila; Homeotic gene; Labial; Neuronal fate

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NEURONS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031803867     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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