Development and function of embryonic central nervous system glial cells in Drosophila

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-49

  Klämbt, Christian ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a   Menne, Thomas ^a   Sadlowski, Evelin ^a   Scholz, Henrike ^a   Stollewerk, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; glia; neuron glia interaction

Indexed keywords

CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029866833     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:1<40::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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