loco encodes an RGS protein required for Drosophila glial differentiation

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1781-1790

  Granderath, Sebastian ^a   Stollewerk, Angelika ^b   Greig, Steve ^c   Goodman, Corey S ^d   O'Kane, Cahir J ^c   Klämbt, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Glial cells missing; Glial differentiation; loco; Pointed; RGS protein

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GLIA CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032915461     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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