Neural stem cells in drosophila: Molecular genetic mechanisms underlying normal neural proliferation and abnormal brain tumor formation

Stem Cells International

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saini, Nidhi ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; DROSOPHILA; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863707778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16879678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/486169     Document Type: Review

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