Targeted ablation of CCAP neuropeptide-containing neurons of Drosophila causes specific defects in execution and circadian timing of ecdysis behavior

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2645-2656

  Park, Jae H ^a,e   Schroeder, Andrew J ^b   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^c   Jackson, F Rob ^b   Ewer, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Drosophila melanogaster; Eclosion; Molting; Neurohormone; Pupation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MOLTING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUPATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MELANOGASTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PUPA;

EID: 0037844727     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00503     Document Type: Review

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