Differential regulation of choline acetyltransferase expression in adult Drosophila melanogaster brain

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Yasuyama, Kouji ^a,b   Kitamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Salvaterra, Paul M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cholinergic neurons; gene expression; immunocytochemistry; in situ hybridization; temperature sensitive mutants

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATION; NEURONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029938203     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199606)30:2<205::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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