Cell lineage and cell fate specification in the embryonic CNS of Drosophila

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-400

  Urban, Joachim ^a   Technau, Gerhard M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS cell fate; Drosophila; Glia; Neuroblast lineage; Serotonergic neurons

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0041194772     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0163     Document Type: Article

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