Demise of the flies: Why Drosophila models still matter

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2011, Pages 483-498

  Bakhoum, Mathieu F ^a   Jackson, George R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Ataxin; Drosophila; Neurodegeneration; Parkin; Superoxide dismutase; Tau; TDP 43; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952416755     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384878-9.00011-X     Document Type: Chapter

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