Specific cell ablation in drosophila using the toxic viral protein M2(H37A)

Fly

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lam, Victoria K ^a   Tokusumi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Cerabona, Donna ^a   Schulz, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell ablation; Dorsal vessel; Drosophila; Eye imaginal disc; Hand; Lamellocytes; M2 toxin; Reaper

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

ION CHANNEL; M2 PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MATRIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOCYTES; ION CHANNELS; LARVA; NEURAL STEM CELLS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHENOTYPE; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 77957744677     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.4.4.13114     Document Type: Article

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