Midline signalling systems direct the formation of a neural map by dendritic targeting in the Drosophila motor system

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Mauss, Alex ^a   Tripodi, Marco ^b   Evers, Jan Felix ^a   Landgraf, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETRIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; AMPHINETRIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NETRIN RECEPTORS; SLI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURAL MAP; NONHUMAN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NEUROPIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPIL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70349766886     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000200     Document Type: Article

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