E(spl): Genetic, developmental, and evolutionary aspects of a group of invertebrate hes proteins with close ties to notch signaling

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-262

  Delidakis, Christos ^a,b   Monastirioti, Maria ^a   Magadi, Srivathsa S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

BHLH Orange; Drosophila; Hes; Notch signaling; Notch targets

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ENHANCER OF SPLIT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INVERTEBRATES; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84907688407     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-405943-6.00006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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