Modelling human diseases in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  O'Kane, Cahir J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Genetic screens; Insulin; Model organisms; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS;

EID: 0037330695     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-9521(02)00162-3     Document Type: Review

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