Ventral veins lacking is required for specification of the tritocerebrum in embryonic brain development of Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-83

  Meier, Stefan ^a   Sprecher, Simon G ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a   Hirth, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Drosophila; Genetic rescue; Labial; Neuromere; Neuronal identity; Ventral veins lacking

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENTRAL VEIN LACKING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HOX GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; POU DOMAIN FACTORS;

EID: 29744440699     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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