Dorsoventral patterning in the Drosophila central nervous system: The vnd homeobox gene specifies ventral column identity

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3603-3612

  McDonald, Jocelyn A ^a,b   Holbrook, Scott ^b   Isshiki, Takako ^a,b   Weiss, Joseph ^c   Doe, Chris Q ^a,b   Mellerick, Dervla M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell shape; ind; msh; Neuroblast; Neuroectoderm; Neurogenesis; NK 2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; HOMEOBOX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032533601     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.22.3603     Document Type: Article

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