A genome-wide analysis reveals that the Drosophila transcription factor Lola promotes axon growth in part by suppressing expression of the actin nucleation factor Spire

Neural Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gates, Michael A ^a,b,c   Kannan, Ramakrishnan ^a,b   Giniger, Edward ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; LOLA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SPIRE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NERVE FIBER; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOME, INSECT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82255169271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-37     Document Type: Article

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