Drosophila tissue and organ development: Central nervous system

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Genes involved in tissue and organ development

Central Nervous System (CNS) - Ventral Cord

Genes involved in neurogenesis of the central nervous system

Lateral views of Drosophila CNS

Glia and axonogenesis

Determination of neuroblast identity in the neurectoderm

Control the temporal sequence of neuroblast specification

Temporal control of the development of neural sublineages

Patterns of embryonic neurogenesis in a primitive wingless insect, the silverfish; comparision with those in flying insects

Using Fas2 to chart the structure of the neuropile

Linking neuroblasts to their corresponding lineage, a site carried by Flybrain.

Chris Doe's Hyper-neuroblast map.

Genes involved in neurogenesis of the central nervous system

*** indicates a special link to information about gene involvement in CNS neuroblast cell fate

Proneural genes
- achaete | ***
- asense
- lethal of scute | ***
- scute
Neurogenic genes
Bithorax and Antennapedia complexes
- abdominal A | ***
- Abdominal B
- Antennapedia
- Deformed | ***
- proboscipedia | ***
- Sex combs reduced
- Ultrabithorax | ***
Other homeodomain proteins
- abnormal chemosensory jump 6
- apterous | ***
- Arrowhead | ***
- BarH1 and Barh2
- drifter
- engrailed | ***
- even-skipped | ***
- extradenticle
- extra-extra
- eyeless
- gooseberry distal | ***
- gooseberry proximal
- fushi tarazu | ***
- intermediate neuroblasts defective | ***
- invected
- Ipou (preferred name: abnormal chemosensory jump 6)
- Lim1
- mirror | ***
- muscle segment homeobox | ***
- NK1
- onecut
- polyhomeotic
- POU domain protein 1 | ***
- POU domain protein 2 | ***
- reversed polarity
- sparkling
- unplugged | ***
- ventral nervous system defective/NK2 | ***
Zinc finger transcription factors
- Beadex
- buttonhead | ***
- broad (common alternative name: Broad Complex)
- castor/ming | ***
- crooked legs
- dissatisfaction
- doublesex | ***
- eagle | ***
- escargot | ***
- forkhead
- fruitless
- grain
- Hormone receptor-like/Hr46 (common alternative name: DHR3)
- huckebein | ***
- hunchback | ***
- jing
- klumpfuss | ***
- Krüppel
- longitudinals lacking
- odd-skipped
- pebbled
- polyhomeotic
- rotund
- scratch | ***
- scribbler
- sequoia
- seven up | ***
- Sex combs on midleg
- shuttle craft
- snail
- spalt
- teashirt
- trithorax
- Zn finger homeodomain 1
- Zn finger homeodomain 2
Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors
Other transcription factors
- Adh transcription factor 1
- AP-2
- apontic
- brahma
- brinker
- collier
- cramped
- CrebA | ***
- crocodile
- Domina
- dead ringer
- Dichaete (also known as Sox box protein 70D) | ***
- e2f
- E2F transcription factor 2
- Eip93F
- erect wing
- glial cells missing
- Grunge
- Hairless
- islet
- ISWI
- lady bird early and lady bird late | ***
- lilliputian
- moira
- Myb oncogene-like
- optomotor blind
- p53
- PAR-domain protein 1
- pointed
- pox neuro | ***
- period
- Polycomb
- prospero | ***
- runt | ***
- scalloped
- Sir2
- SoxNeuro | ***
- tango | ***
- Tbp-related factor
- vestigial
- snr1

Adhesion, cell surface and ligands
- amalgam
- beta amyloid protein precursor-like
- beaten path
- branchless
- cacophony
- Cadherin-N
- capricious
- Cardioacceleratory peptide
- commissureless
- Connectin
- derailed
- dror
- Dscam
- Eph receptor tyrosine kinase
- Ephrin
- Epidermal growth factor receptor | ***
- eiger
- 18 wheeler
- faint sausage
- Fasciclin1 | ***
- Fasciclin2
- Fasciclin3
- frazzled
- FMRFamide-related
- glutactin
- heartless
- hedgehog | ***
- hikaru genki | ***
- inebriated
- Insulin-like receptor
- jelly belly
- kekkon-1
- Laminin A
- Neurexin
- neuroglian
- Neurotactin | ***
- myospheroid
- painless
- plexin A
- pollux
- Protein tyrosine phosphatase 69D
- rhomboid | ***
- roughest
- roundabout
- scab
- semaphorin I
- short gastrulation
- short stop
- shotgun
- slowpoke
- spinster
- sprouty
- starry night
- synaptotagmin
- Syntaxin 1A
- Tenascin major
- terribly reduced optic lobes
- Tiggrin
- Tollo - expressed in ectoderm but required for expression of neuron specific glycans
- unc-5
- vein
- wingless | ***
- wishful thinking
Other

genes expressed in the CNS

Genes involved in organ development

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