A pulse of the Drosophila Hox protein Abdominal-A schedules the end of neural proliferation via neuroblast apoptosis

Neuron

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-219

  Bello, Bruno C ^a   Hirth, Frank ^a,b   Gould, Alex P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABDOMINAL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0037461751     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)01181-9     Document Type: Article

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