Neuronal death in Drosophila triggered by GAL4 accumulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 683-694

  Rezával, Carolina ^a   Werbajh, Santiago ^a   Ceriani, María Fernanda ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neurodegenerative diseases; Protein aggregation

Indexed keywords

CASPASE INHIBITOR; CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN P35; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; VIRUS ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEREGULATION; DROSOPHILA; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 33847126954     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05317.x     Document Type: Article

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