Drosophila hedgehog signaling and engrailed-runt mutual repression direct midline glia to alternative ensheathing and non-ensheathing fates

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1285-1295

  Watson, Joseph D ^a,b   Wheeler, Scott R ^a,b   Stagg, Stephanie B ^a,b   Crews, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS midline; Drosophila; Engrailed; Glia; Hedgehog; Runt

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ENGRAILED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GLIA CELL; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROGLIA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955141365     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.056895     Document Type: Article

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