Argos and Spitz group genes function to regulate midline glial cell number in Drosophila embryos

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 3787-3796

  Stemerdink, Christopher ^a   Roger Jacobs, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; argos; Drosophila; EGF receptor; Glia; rhomboid; spitz

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HEAT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE PEPTIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1842291499     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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