A novel drosophila model of nerve injury reveals an essential role of Nmnat in maintaining axonal integrity

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 590-595

  Fang, Yanshan ^a   Soares, Lorena ^a   Teng, Xiuyin ^a   Geary, Melissa ^a   Bonini, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DPR1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GAL4 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PHOTOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WLD PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; FORELIMB; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INJURY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; AXOTOMY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NICOTINAMIDE-NUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; WING;

ANIMALIA; WALLERIA;

EID: 84859624394     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.065     Document Type: Article

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