Drosophila neurotrophins reveal a common mechanism for nervous system formation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2476-2495

  Zhu, Bangfu ^a   Pennack, Jenny A ^a   McQuilton, Peter ^a,b   Forero, Manuel G ^a   Mizuguchi, Kenji ^b,c,d   Sutcliffe, Ben ^a   Gu, Chun Jing ^a   Fenton, Janine C ^a   Hidalgo, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 1, DROSOPHILA; SPATZLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE; MOTONEURON; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 56849126862     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060284     Document Type: Article

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