Pan-neural prospero terminates cell proliferation during Drosophila neurogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Li, Ling ^a   Vaessin, Harald ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Drosophila; Neurogenesis; Prospero

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, CDC; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA PROSPERO; PROSPERO;

EID: 0034650760     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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