Abdominal-B and caudal inhibit the formation of specific neuroblasts in the Drosophila tail region

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3552-3564

  Birkholz, Oliver ^a   Vef, Olaf ^a   Rogulja Ortmann, Ana ^a   Berger, Christian ^a   Technau, Gerhard M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal B; Caudal; CNS development; Drosophila; Hox genes; Neuroblasts; Segmental patterning; Terminal neuromeres

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL B GENE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUDAL GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOX GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROBLAST; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL;

ABDOMINAL-B; CAUDAL; CNS DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; HOX GENES; NEUROBLASTS; SEGMENTAL PATTERNING; TERMINAL NEUROMERES;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84881578236     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.096099     Document Type: Article

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