mGCMa is a murine transcription factor that overrides cell fate decisions in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 141-150

  Reifegerste, Rita ^a   Schreiber, Jörg ^b   Gülland, Sven ^b   Lüdemann, Anja ^b   Wegner, Michael ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Determination; Glia; Glial Cells Missing; Neural development; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; NEUROPEPTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032980317     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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