A novel Drosophila paired-like homeobox gene related to Caenorhabditis elegans unc-4 is expressed in subsets of postmitotic neurons and epidermal cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Tabuchi, Katsuhiko ^a   Yoshikawa, Shingo ^b   Yuasa, Yoshihiro ^a   Sawamoto, Kazunobu ^a,c   Okano, Hideyuki ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Compartment; DPHD 1; Drosophila; Epidermis; Paired like homeodomain; Segmentally repeated pattern; unc 4

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 17044458309     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00799-X     Document Type: Article

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