How one becomes many: Blastoderm cellularization in Drosophila melanogaster

BioEssays

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1012-1022

  Mazumdar, Aveek ^a   Mazumdar, Manjari ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTODERM; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036843553     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10184     Document Type: Review

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