Ems and Nkx6 are central regulators in dorsoventral patterning of the Drosophila brain

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3937-3947

  Seibert, Janina ^a   Volland, Dagmar ^a   Urbach, Rolf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain development; Drosophila; ems Emx; ind Gsx; msh (Drop) Msx; Neuroectodermal regionalization; Nkx6 (HGTX); Stem cell specification; vnd Nkx2

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE NEUROBLAST DEFECTIVE; MUSCLE SEGMENT HOMEOBOX; PROTEIN NKX6; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEFECTIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70450184512     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.041921     Document Type: Article

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