Tailless and atrophin control drosophila aggression by regulating neuropeptide signalling in the pars intercerebralis

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Davis, Shaun M ^a   Thomas, Amanda L ^a   Nomie, Krystle J ^a   Huang, Longwen ^a   Dierick, Herman A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Program in Developmental Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GRUNGE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NEUROPEPTIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TAILLESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND, INTERMEDIATE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84893871632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4177     Document Type: Article

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