Distinct expression patterns of different Enhancer of split bHLH genes during embryogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 370-375

  Wech, Irmgard ^a   Bray, Sarah ^b   Delidakis, Christos ^c   Preiss, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

bHLH genes; Drosophila; Embryogenesis; Enhancer of split; Notch pathway

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGINAL DISC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033016635     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050266     Document Type: Article

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