Glia development in the embryonic CNS of Drosophila

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Granderath, Sebastian ^a   Klämbt, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GLIA; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0345412076     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00008-2     Document Type: Review

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