gcm and pointed synergistically control glial transcription of the Drosophila gene loco

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 197-208

  Granderath, Sebastian ^a   Bunse, Ingrid ^a   Klämbt, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; gcm; Glial transcription; Pointed

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034001251     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00304-4     Document Type: Article

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