Specification of Motoneuron Fate in Drosophila: Integration of Positive and Negative Transcription Factor Inputs by a Minimal eve Enhancer

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-203

  McDonald, Jocelyn A ^a,c   Fujioka, Miki ^b   Odden, Joanne P ^a   Jaynes, James B ^b   Doe, Chris Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eve regulation; Motoneuron fate; Positive and negative transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EVE GENE; GENE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0142040173     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10264     Document Type: Article

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