Drosophila homeodomain protein Nkx6 coordinates motoneuron subtype identity and axonogenesis

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5233-5242

  Broihier, Heather T ^a,c   Kuzin, Alexander ^b   Zhu, Yi ^a   Odenwald, Ward ^b   Skeath, James B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon outgrowth; Drosophila melanogaster; Eve; hb9(exex); Interneurons; Islet; Lim3; Motoneurons; Neuronal fate specification; Nkx6; Vnd

Indexed keywords

FASCICLIN III; HB9 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NKX6 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURITES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 9444257015     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01394     Document Type: Article

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