A regulatory transcriptional loop controls proliferation and differentiation in Drosophila neural stem cells.

Neurogenesis is initiated by a set of basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) transcription factors that specify neural progenitors and allow them to generate neurons in multiple rounds of asymmetric cell division. The Drosophila Daughterless (Da) protein and its mammalian counterparts (E12/E47) act as hetero...

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Main Authors: Tetsuo Yasugi, Anja Fischer, Yanrui Jiang, Heinrich Reichert, Juergen A Knoblich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4013126?pdf=render