The making of a fusion branch in the Drosophila trachea

Developmental Biology

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Gervais, Louis ^a,b   Lebreton, Gaelle ^a   Casanova, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fusion; Lumen; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL FUSION; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 84856089100     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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