A retinal axon fascicle uses Spitz, an EGF receptor ligand, to construct a synaptic cartridge in the brain of Drosophila

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 693-703

  Huang, Zhen ^a   Shilo, Ben Zion ^b   Kunes, Sam ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SPITZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; STEM CELL; SYNAPSE;

ERINACEIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0032567109     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81639-6     Document Type: Article

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