The pattern of neuroblast formation, mitotic domains and proneural gene expression during early brain development in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3589-3606

  Urbach, Rolf ^a   Schnabel, Ralf ^b   Technau, Gerhard M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain development; CNS; Drosophila; Lateral inhibition; Mitotic domains; Neuroblasts; Neuroectoderm; Proneural genes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NERVE CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRUNK;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0041534392     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00528     Document Type: Review

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