Different ways to make neurons: Parallel evolution in the SoxB family

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Neriec, Nathalie ^a,b   Desplan, Claude ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Functional conservation; Neuronal development; SoxB

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; DICHAETE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; SOXNEURO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOXB GENE; SOXB1 GENE; SOXB2 GENE; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84924581954     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb4177     Document Type: Article

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