cato encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor implicated in the correct differentiation of Drosophila sense organs

Developmental Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 120-131

  Goulding, Sarah E ^a   White, Neil M ^a   Jarman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atonal; bHLH; Drosophila; Neurogenesis; Proneural

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

DROSOPHILA; PROSPERO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034193571     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9677     Document Type: Article

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