A neurofibromatosis-1-regulated pathway is required for learning in Drosophila

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6772, 2000, Pages 895-898

  Guo, Hul Fu ^a   Tong, Jlayuan ^a   Hannan, Frances ^a   Luo, Lin ^a   Zhong, Yi ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; NEUROFIBROMIN; RAS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALCIUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLIC AMP; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; INSECT PROTEINS; LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPOBRASSICA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034708076     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35002593     Document Type: Article

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