A primary cell culture of Drosophila postembryonic larval neuroblasts to study cell cycle and asymmetric division

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-575

  Ceron, Julian ^a   Tejedor, Francisco J ^a   Moya, Fernando ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Cell culture; Cell division; Drosophila neuroblasts; Inscuteable; Miranda; Numb; Prospero; Video recording

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; BROXURIDINE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN INSCUTEABLE; PROTEIN MIRANDA; PROTEIN NUMB; PROTEIN PROSPERO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PROSPERO;

EID: 33646540748     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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