Establishing neuroblast-specific gene expression in the Drosophila CNS: huckebein is activated by Wingless and Hedgehog and repressed by Engrailed and Gooseberry

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1079-1087

  McDonald, Jocelyn A ^a   Doe, Chris Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Engrailed; Gooseberry; Hedgehog; Huckebein; Neuroblast; Wingless

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 1842417101     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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