The rjing gene is required for embryonic brain development in Drosophila

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 277-287

  Sedaghat, Yalda ^a   Sonnenfeld, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain development; Drosophila; Jing; Zinc finger transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIA; HOMOZYGOSITY; NERVE FIBER; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VENTRAL ROOT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CASTOR; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036942870     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0240-5     Document Type: Article

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