asense, a member of the Drosophila achaete-scute complex, is a proneural and neural differentiation gene.

doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1993.tb05854.x

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asense, a member of the Drosophila achaete-scute complex, is a proneural and neural differentiation gene.

The EMBO journal - 1 May 1993

Domínguez M, Campuzano S

Abstract excerpt

The asense (ase) gene of the achaete-scute complex (AS-C) is expressed in the precursors of all adult sensory organs (SOs), the sensory mother cells (SMCs) and in their immediate progeny. Its deletion causes the loss of some SOs and the abnormal differentiation of part of the remaining ones. Thes...

Topics

Animals
Cell Differentiation
Drosophila
Gene Deletion
Gene Expression
Larva
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Mutation
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Neurons
Phenotype
Sense Organs

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