The control of cell fate in the embryonic visual system by atonal, tailless and EGFR signaling

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2945-2954

  Daniel, Ann ^a   Dumstrei, Karin ^a   Lengyel, Judith A ^a   Hartenstein, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolwig's organ; Drosophila brain; Optic lobe; Tlx

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; MUTANT; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTIC LOBE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032766058     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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