The Drosophila islet gene governs axon pathfinding and neurotransmitter identity

Neuron

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-409

  Thor, Stefan ^a   Thomas, John B ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030939130     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81241-6     Document Type: Article

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