Integrating bits and pieces: Synapse structure and formation in Drosophila embryos

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-186

  Prokop, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cell lineage; Development; Neuromuscular junction; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SEROTONIN; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032792429     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051345     Document Type: Review

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