Lineage-unrelated neurons generated in different temporal windows and expressing different combinatorial codes can converge in the activation of the same terminal differentiation gene

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 127, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 458-471

  Losada Pérez, María ^a   Gabilondo, Hugo ^a   del Saz, Delia ^a   Baumgardt, Magnus ^b   Molina, Isabel ^a   León, Yolanda ^a   Monedero, Ignacio ^a   Díaz Benjumea, Fernando ^a   Torroja, Laura ^a   Benito Sipos, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combinatorial code; Drosophila; FMRFa; Neuropeptidergic cell identity; Temporal genes; Terminal differentiation

Indexed keywords

LEUCOKININ; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FMRFAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957894727     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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