Development of Drosophila motoneurons: Specification and morphology

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Landgraf, Matthias ^a   Thor, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FASCICULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 33644777597     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2005.11.007     Document Type: Review

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