Transcriptional regulation of neuropeptide and peptide hormone expression by the Drosophila dimmed and cryptocephal genes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1803-1815

  Gauthier, Sebastien A ^a   Hewes, Randall S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; bZIP; Drosophila; Ecdysis; ETH; Stress

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CRYPTOCEPHAL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DIMMED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HORMONES; LARVA; NEUROPEPTIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745645203     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02202     Document Type: Article

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