Turning behavior in Drosophila larvae: A role for the small scribbler transcript

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 273-286

  Suster, M L ^a,c   Karunanithi, S ^b,d   Atwood, H L ^b   Sokolowski, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development of turning behavior; Drosophila; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DROSOPHILA; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TURNING SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4644272700     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2004.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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