The Drosophila gap gene giant regulates ecdysone production through specification of the PTTH-producing neurons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Ghosh, Arpan ^a   McBrayer, Zofeyah ^a   O'Connor, Michael B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Developmental delay; Ecdysone; Giant; Prothoracic gland; Prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH); Ring gland

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GIANT; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GIANT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; INSECT HORMONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LARVA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77957928908     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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