Kruppel acts as a developmental switch gene that mediates Notch signalling-dependent tip cell differentiation in the excretory organs of Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5766-5775

  Hoch, Michael ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fork head; Kruppel; Malpighian tubules; Notch signalling; Proneural bHLH factors

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; MALPIGHIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, INSECT; GENES, SWITCH; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032190202     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.19.5766     Document Type: Article

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