Article
Role of the proneural gene, atonal, in formation of Drosophila chordotonal organs and photoreceptors.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jul 1995
Jarman A P, Sun Y, Jan L Y, Jan Y N
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila gene atonal encodes a basic helix-loop-helix protein similar to those encoded by the proneural genes of the achaete-scute complex (AS-C). The AS-C are required in the Drosophila PNS for the selection of neural precursors of external sense organs. We have isolated mutants of atonal,...
Topics
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Eye Abnormalities
- Genes, Insect
- Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mechanoreceptors
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Phenotype
- Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate