title: Quantitative differences, qualitative outcomes.
abstract: Fruit fly neuroblasts can either self-renew, rest or take on a specialized form, depending on the levels of a protein called Prospero.
authors.affiliation: Giulia Pollarolo is a Juan de la Cierva Fellow and is in the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pollarolo
authors.affiliation: Cayetano Gonzalez is in the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain gonzalez@irbbarcelona.org.
authors.forename: Cayetano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C073099:pros protein, Drosophila
keywords: D. melanogaster; developmental biology; neural progenitor; prospero; quiescence; stem cells