The transcription factor Glass links eye field specification with photoreceptor differentiation in Drosophila

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1413-1423

  Bernardo Garcia, F Javier ^a   Fritsch, Cornelia ^a   Sprecher, Simon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Drosophila; Eye formation; Photoreceptor; Phototransduction

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLASS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAZY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS OTD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GLASS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ORTHODENTICLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PPH13 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLASS GENE; HAZY GENE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINAL DETERMINATION NETWORK; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA;

EID: 84964310723     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.128801     Document Type: Article

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