We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all flies and men are created equal: Recent progress on human disease models

Fly

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-122

  Korey, Christopher A ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Drosophila disease models; Endo lysosomal trafficking; Mitochondria; Neurodegeneration; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 67949124783     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.4290     Document Type: Review

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