Novel function of the class I bHLH protein daughterless in the negative regulation of proneural gene expression in the Drosophila eye

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1128-1133

  Lim, Janghoo ^a   Jafar Nejad, Hamed ^b   Hsu, Ya Chieh ^a   Choi, Kwang Wook ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATONAL PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DAUGHTERLESS PROTEIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 55549132247     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.166     Document Type: Article

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