Morphogens and synaptogenesis in Drosophila

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-434

  Marqués, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Retrograde; Signaling; Synaptic plasticity; Wishful thinking; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GBB PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MORPHOGEN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 23444460879     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20165     Document Type: Review

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