The atonal proneural transcription factor links differentiation and tumor formation in Drosophila

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0301-0310

  Bossuyt, Wouter ^a,b   De Geest, Natalie ^a,b   Aerts, Stein ^a,b   Leenaerts, Iris ^a,b   Marynen, Peter ^a,b   Hassan, Bassem A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOH1 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RETINA; STRESS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GENE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EYE TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE SILENCING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RETINA;

EID: 61349088047     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000040     Document Type: Article

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