Formation of neuroblasts in the embryonic central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster is controlled by SoxNeuro

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4193-4203

  Buescher, Marita ^a   Hing, Fook Sion ^a   Chia, William ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dichaete; Drosophila; Ind; Neurogenesis; SoxNeuro; Vnd

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SOXNEURO; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; HYPOPLASIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036744745     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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