Transition from growth cone to functional motor nerve terminal in Drosophila embryos

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8408-8426

  Yoshihara, Motojiro ^a   Rheuben, Mary B ^b   Kidokoro, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Drosophila; Growth cone; Immunocytochemistry; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CONE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030731445     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08408.1997     Document Type: Article

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