Segment polarity and DV patterning gene expression reveals segmental organization of the Drosophila brain

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3607-3620

  Urbach, Rolf ^a   Technau, Gerhard M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain development; CNS; Dorsoventral patterning genes; Drosophila; Neuroblasts; Segment polarity genes; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO POLARITY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOOSEBERRY; HEDGEHOG; HOMEOBOX; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; ERINACEIDAE; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041534391     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00532     Document Type: Review

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