The R8-photoreceptor equivalence group in Drosophila: Fate choice precedes regulated Delta transcription and is independent of Notch gene dose

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 3-14

  Baker, Nicholas E ^a   Yu, Sung Yun ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atonal; Drosophila eye; Neurogenesis; Notch; Photoreceptor cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; MOSAICISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

DROSOPHILA;

ATO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NOTCH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOSAICISM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032104459     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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