Hox genes and brain development in drosophila

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 689, Issue , 2010, Pages 145-153

  Reichert, Heinrich ^a   Bello, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOX GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

VERTEBRATA;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 77956632208     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6673-5_11     Document Type: Review

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