Commissure formation in the embryonic CNS of Drosophila. II. Function of the different midline cells

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 771-779

  Hummel, Thomas ^a   Schimmelpfeng, Kristina ^a   Klämbt, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; CNS; Commissural pattern; Drosophila melanogaster; Karussell; Roundabout

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; GROWTH CONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032969042     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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