Methods for quantifying simple gravity sensing in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-25

  Inagaki, Hidehiko K ^a,c   Kamikouchi, Azusa ^a,b   Ito, Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BEHAVIOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GRAVITY; GRAVITY SENSING; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY SENSING; MALE; MUTATION; NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 75149189893     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.196     Document Type: Article

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