The gene regulatory cascade linking proneural specification with differentiation in Drosophila sensory neurons

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cachero, Sebastián ^a,b   Simpson, T Ian ^a   zur Lage, Petra I ^a   Ma, Lina ^a   Newton, Fay G ^a   Holohan, Eimear E ^b,c   Armstrong, J Douglas ^a   Jarman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FD3F; PROTEIN RFX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CG12632 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CG1625 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; REGULATORY FACTOR X TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SCUTE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CILIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; LARVA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79851497902     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000568     Document Type: Article

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