Axon targeting in the Drosophila visual system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-95

  Tayler, Timothy D ^a   Garrity, Paul A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR BRAKELESS; NUCLEAR FACTOR RUNT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL INTERACTION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GLIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037320680     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00004-7     Document Type: Review

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