fruitless gene is required to maintain neuronal identity in evenskipped-expressing neurons in the embryonic CNS of Drosophila

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-133

  Song, Ho Juhn ^a,b   Taylor, Barbara J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS development; Even skipped; Fruitless; Lateral glia; Neuronal fate; Neuronal identity; Reversed polarity; Tramtrack

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; FRU PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRUITLESS GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037402990     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10187     Document Type: Article

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