GAL4/UAS-WGA system as a powerful tool for tracing Drosophila transsynaptic neural pathways

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-99

  Tabuchi, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Sawamoto, Kazunobu ^a,b,c   Suzuki, Emiko ^d   Ozaki, Koichi ^e   Sone, Masaki ^f   Hama, Chihiro ^f   Tanifuji Morimoto, Takako ^d   Yuasa, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Yoshihara, Yoshihiro ^g   Nose, Akinao ^d   Okano, Hideyuki ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^g RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Optic lobe; Synaptic transmission; Transsynaptic tracer; WGA

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SYNAPSES; TAU PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 0033958310     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000101)59:1<94::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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