Maintaining neural stem cell identity in the brain.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25375200.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.05000 and PMC identifier 4221736.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
In the developing fruit fly brain, a protein called Trithorax increases the number of neural cells produced from a single stem cell, in part by regulating the transcription of the target genes buttonhead and pointed.
Medical subject headings
- Brain
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Neural Stem Cells