Neuroectoderm in Drosophila embryos is dependent on the mesoderm for positioning but not for formation.

doi:10.1101/gad.5.9.1577

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Neuroectoderm in Drosophila embryos is dependent on the mesoderm for positioning but not for formation.

Genes & development - 1 Sept 1991

Rao Y, Vaessin H, Jan L Y, Jan Y N

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By studying neuroectoderm formation in the absence of mesoderm and mesectoderm in mutants of the zygotic genes snail and twist, we have found that the number of neuroblasts is not reduced in these mutants, suggesting that mesoderm and mesectoderm are not essential for the initiation of neural dev...

Topics

Animals
Central Nervous System
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Ectoderm
Immunohistochemistry
Mesoderm
Mutation
Neurons
Nuclear Proteins
Phenotype
Phosphoproteins
Trachea
Transcription Factors
Twist-Related Protein 1
Zinc Fingers

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