Functional distinctness of closely related transcription factors: A comparison of the Atonal and Amos proneural factors

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 647-656

  Maung, Sam M T W ^a   Jarman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Neurogenesis; Proneural; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AMOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATONAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EYE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SMELL;

EID: 34548541802     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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