Article
The homeobox gene repo is required for the differentiation and maintenance of glia function in the embryonic nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 1995
Halter D A, Urban J, Rickert C, Ner S S, Ito K, Travers A A, Technau G M
Abstract excerpt
We describe the cloning, expression and phenotypic characterisation of repo, a gene from Drosophila melanogaster that is essential for the differentiation and maintenance of glia function. It is not, however, required for the initial determination of glial cells. In the embryo, the gene, which en...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Central Nervous System
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Probes
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Insect
- Grasshoppers
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Morphogenesis
- Nervous System
- Neuroglia
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Phenotype