Drosophila as a genetic and cellular model for studies on axonal growth

Neural Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sáchez Soriano, Natalia ^a   Tea, Guy ^b   Whitington, Paul ^c   Prokop, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34547289090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-2-9     Document Type: Article

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