The genetics of embryonic brain development in Drosophila

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 194-205

  Hartmann, Beate ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031758708     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1998.0716     Document Type: Review

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