Drosophila melanogaster as a model system for drug discovery and pathway screening

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 555-560

  Tickoo, Sanjay ^a   Russell, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INSULIN; MODAFINIL; NOTCH RECEPTOR; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RAS PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0036792555     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(02)00206-0     Document Type: Review

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