Segment-specific prevention of pioneer neuron apoptosis by cell-autonomous, postmitotic Hox gene activity

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 6093-6105

  Miguel Aliaga, Irene ^a,b   Thor, Stefan ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abd B; dMP2; Drosophila; Grim; MP1; Reaper

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROCTOLIN; PROTEIN ABDOMINAL B; PROTEIN MP1; PROTEIN MP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOX GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12344262412     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01521     Document Type: Article

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