Regulation of central neuron synaptic targeting by the Drosophila POU protein, Acj6

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2395-2405

  Certel, Sarah J ^a   Clyne, Peter J ^b,c   Carlson, John R ^b   Johnson, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon targeting; CNS; Interneuron; Neuron specific; POU domain; POU IV box; Synapse; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; LARVA; MOTOR NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034082502     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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