Transcriptional Control of Cell Fate Specification. Lessons from the Fly Retina

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-276

  Quan, Xiao jiang ^a   Ramaekers, Ariane ^a   Hassan, Bassem A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; Drosophila; Eye development; Gene regulatory networks; Photoreceptor differentiation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856484123     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386499-4.00010-0     Document Type: Chapter

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