Freeman, M.R. (2005). Glial (and neuronal) cells missing.  Neuron 48(2): 163--165.

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Research paper

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.