Expression, regulation and function of the homeobox gene empty spiracles in brain and ventral nerve cord development of Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-153

  Hartmann, Beate ^a   Hirth, Frank ^a   Walldorf, Uwe ^b   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal; Apoptosis; Axogenesis; Brain development; Confocal microscopy; Deutocerebrum; Drosophila; Embryo; ems; Emx2; Enhancer analysis; Evolution; Gap genes; Genetics; Heat shock experiments; Homeodomain proteins; Immunocytochemistry; Insect proteins; Invertebrates; Mouse; Mutants; Neuroblasts; Neuroectoderm; Neurogenesis; Overexpression; Patterning genes; Rescue experiments; Transgenic animals; Tritocerebrum; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MUTANT; NERVE CORD; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033987943     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00237-3     Document Type: Article

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