The homeodomain transcription factor Hb9 controls axon guidance in drosophila through the regulation of robo receptors

Cell Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-165

  Santiago, Celine ^a   Labrador, Juan Pablo ^b   Bashaw, Greg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HB9; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR 2; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EXEX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LEA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ROBO3 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84898053007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.02.037     Document Type: Article

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