The NK-2 Homeobox Gene and the Early Development of the Central Nervous System of Drosophila

Title:

The NK-2 Homeobox Gene and the Early Development of the Central Nervous System of Drosophila

Description:

In this article, Marshall Nirenberg explains the "logic that connects the genetic code to neurobiology is that information is processed in both genetic and neural systems." This study of the NK-2 homeobox gene of the Drosophila fly examines the role of the gene's expression in the early development of the central nervous system of the embryo. Strikingly, the article notes, "The nucleus of the fertilized Drosophila embryo undergoes thirteen rounds of nuclear division in the first 130 minutes of embryonic development, resulting in an embryo that consists of a single cell with approximately 5,000 nuclei."

Extent:

19 pages

Date Issued:

1995

Creator:

Nirenberg, Marshall W., Nakayama, Kohzo (Kohzo Nakayama), Nakayama, Noriko (Noriko Nakayama), Kim, Yongsok (Yongsok Kim), Mellerick-Dressler, Dervla (Dervla Mellerick-Dressler), Wang, Lan-Hsiang (Lan-Hsiang Wang), Webber, Keith O. (Keith O. Webber), and Lad, Rajnikant (Rajnikant Lad)

Source:

Periodical. Nirenberg, Marshall W., Kohzo Nakayama, Noriko Nakayama, Yongsok Kim, Dervla Mellerick-Dressler, Lan-Hsiang Wang, Keith O. Webber, and Rajnikant Lad. "The NK-2 Homeobox Gene and the Early Development of the Central Nervous System of Drosophila." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 758, (1995): 224-242. Article. 19 Images.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Periodical:

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

New York Academy of Sciences

Right Type:

Permission Granted - No Conditions

Right Statement:

Reproduced with permission of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Subject:

Central Nervous System, Drosophila, Genes, Homeobox, Molecular Sequence Data, and Amino Acid Sequence

Profiles in Science ID:

JJBBJM

NLM ID:

101584910X136

Genre:

Articles

Language:

English

Format:

Text