Development and structure of synaptic contacts in Drosophila

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-30

  Prokop, Andreas ^a   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Neuromuscular junction; Optic lobe; Photoreceptor; Synapse

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644762910     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2005.11.010     Document Type: Review

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