The mesoderm determinant Snail collaborates with related zinc-finger proteins to control Drosophila neurogenesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6426-6438

  Ashraf, Shovon I ^b   Hu, Xiaodi ^b   Roote, John ^a   Ip, Y Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Neuroblast; Neurogenesis; Snail; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ARACHNIDA; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033571580     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6426     Document Type: Article

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