Control of neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation in Drosophila

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-45

  Kang, Kyung Hwa ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Neuroblast; Proliferation; Temporal series; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; BRAT PROTEIN; CASTOR PROTEIN; DICHAETE PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYELESS PROTEIN; GRAINYHEAD PROTEIN; HOMOTHORAX PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; KLUMPFUSS PROTEIN; KRUPPEL PROTEIN; MIRANDA PROTEIN; NUMB PROTEIN; PDM PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PON PROTEIN; PROS PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SLOPPY PAIRED PROTEIN; TAILLESS PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; BRAIN; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DAUGHTER CELL; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL ROOT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84926669343     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1914-9     Document Type: Article

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