Genetic control of dorsoventral patterning and neuroblast specification in the Drosophila Central Nervous System

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-115

  Zhao, Guoyan ^a   Wheeler, Scott R ^a,b   Skeath, James B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Dorsoventral patterning; Egfr; ind; vnd

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHAETE AND SOX NEURO GENE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; INTERMEDIATE NEUROBLAST DEFECTIVE GENE; MUSCLE SEGMENT HOMEOBOX GENE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL NERVE CORD DEFECTIVE GENE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 34047236768     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062188gz     Document Type: Article

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