Analysis of glial cell development and function in Drosophila

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Stork, Tobias ^a   Bernardos, Rebecca ^a   Freeman, Marc R ^a  

^a CSHL Press ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL; VENTRAL ROOT; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84255184181     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top067587     Document Type: Article

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