Parallel molecular genetic pathways operate during CNS metamorphosis in Drosophila

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 134-148

  Restifo, Linda L ^a   Hauglum, Wanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad Complex; Deformed; Ecdysone; Gene expression; IMP E1; In vitro culture; Neurogenetics; Steroid hormones; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031835419     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1998.0683     Document Type: Article

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