Glial (and neuronal) cells missing.
The Glial cells missing transcription factor is necessary and sufficient to induce glial-cell fates in the Drosophila embryonic nervous system. A study by Chotard et al. in this issue of Neuron reveals that this "master regulator" of glial cell fate specification is also required (gasp!) to generate neurons.
Freeman
Marc R
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Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 719 Lazare Research Building, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
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D029721:Drosophila Proteins