Specification of Drosophila motoneuron identity by the combinatorial action of POU and LIM-HD factors

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5429-5439

  Certel, Sarah J ^a   Thor, Stefan ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combinatorial code; Drifter; Drosophila; Islet; Lim3; Motoneutrons

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9444263773     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01418     Document Type: Article

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