...-mail: [email protected] ) * These authors contributed equally to this work 1 7 2008 © 2008. 2008 Proneural protein Feedback G2-M Phyllopod Sina Degradation Drosophila Proneural proteins of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors are master controllers...

... studies of newly identified genes revealed new patterns of gene expression restricted to one of the two types of myoblasts, and also striking muscle phenotypes. Whereas genes such as phyllopod play a crucial role during specification of particular muscles, others such as tartan are necessary for normal...

... that phyllopod ( phyl ), previously identified to be essential for R7 photoreceptor differentiation, is required in two stages of es organ development: the formation of SOP cells and cell fate specification of SOP progeny. Loss-of-function mutations in phyl result in failure of SOP formation, which leads...