Overexpression of the m4 and mα genes of the E(spl)-Complex antagonizes Notch mediated lateral inhibition

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 39-50

  Apidianakis, Yiorgos ^a   Nagel, Anja C ^b   Chalkiadaki, Angeliki ^a   Preiss, Anette ^b   Delidakis, Christos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; E(spl) locus; E(spl)m ; E(spl)m4; Intercellular signalling; Lateral inhibition; Notch signalling; Sensory organ precursor specification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA;

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; E(SPL) REGION TRANSCRIPT MDELTA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER OF SPLIT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; M4 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SENSE ORGANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032588466     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00099-4     Document Type: Article

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