Conserved roles of ems/Emx and otd/Otx genes in olfactory and visual system development in Drosophila and mouse

Open Biology

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Sen, Sonia ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^b   VijayRaghavan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Empty spiracles; Emx1 2; Evolutionary conservation; Orthodenticle; Otx1 2; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EMPTY SPIRACLES HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; EMPTY SPIRACLES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ORTHODENTICLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; OTX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OTX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX;

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; EMPTY SPIRACLES; EMX1/2, OTX1/2; GENETIC CONSERVATION; ORTHODENTICLE; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMPTY SPIRACLES; EMX1/2, OTX1/2; EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION; ORTHODENTICLE; SENSORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84877773316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120177     Document Type: Review

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