Mechanisms of asymmetric progenitor divisions in the Drosophila central nervous system

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 786, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-102

  Sousa Nunes, Rita ^a   Somers, W Gregory ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetic cell division; Cell polarity; Neural progenitor; Stem cell; Tumour

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR PROTEIN; CYCLIN B; CYCLIN B3; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; G PROTEIN ALPHA I SUBUNIT 65A; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MIRANDA PROTEIN; MITOTIC KINASE AURORA; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUMB PROTEIN; PAR 6 PROTEIN; PARTITIONING DEFECTIVE 3 PROTEIN; PARTNER OF INSC PROTEIN; PARTNER OF NUM PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROSPERO PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CAS GENE; CELL ASYMMETRY; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTROSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HB GENE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KR GENE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PDM GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEM CELL NICHE; TELOPHASE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84934439214     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-7-6621-1_6     Document Type: Article

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