The dachshund gene is required for the proper guidance and branching of mushroom body axons in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-144

  Martini, Sharyl R ^a   Davis, Ronald L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon branching; Axon guidance; Dachshund; Drosophila; Mushroom body

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACHSHUND GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LEG; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSHROOM; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSHROOM BODIES; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 22144477928     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20130     Document Type: Article

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