Daughterless homodimer synergizes with Eyeless to induce Atonal expression and retinal neuron differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 256-265

  Tanaka Matakatsu, Miho ^a   Miller, John ^a   Borger, Daniel ^a   Tang, Wei Jen ^a   Du, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atonal; BHLH proteins; Daughterless; Drosophila eye development; Eyeless; Pax6

Indexed keywords

ATONAL PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DAUGHTERLESS PROTEIN; EXTRAMACROCHEATE PROTEIN; EYELESS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ATONAL; BHLH PROTEINS; DAUGHTERLESS; DROSOPHILA EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYELESS; PAX6;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGINAL DISCS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETINAL NEURONS;

EID: 84904354312     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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