A conserved transcriptional network regulates lamina development in the Drosophila visual system

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2838-2847

  Piñeiro, Cristina ^a,b   Lopes, Carla S ^a,c   Casares, Fernando ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dachshund; Drosophila; Eyes absent; Gene network; Homothorax; Lamina precursor; Sine oculis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GANGLION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE REPRESSION; HEDGEHOG; INSECT GENETICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRESSOR GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

DACHSHUND; DROSOPHILA; EYES ABSENT; GENE NETWORK; HOMOTHORAX; LAMINA PRECURSOR; SINE OCULIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, INSECT; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; NEURONS; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84903977990     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.108670     Document Type: Article

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