Axon repulsion from the midline of the Drosophila CNS requires slit function

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2475-2481

  Battye, Robin ^a   Stevens, Adrienne ^a   Jacobs, J Roger ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Drosophila melanogaster; Glia; Midline growth cone; roundabout (robo); slit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033029784     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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