Direct control of the proneural gene atonal by retinal determination factors during Drosophila eye development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 787-801

  Tanaka Matakatsu, Miho ^a   Du, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

atonal; Drosophila; eya; Eye development; Retinal determination factors; so

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYES ABSENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SINE OCULIS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATONAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 37849028601     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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