Live imaging of Drosophila larval neuroblasts

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 89, 2014, Pages

  Lerit, Dorothy A ^a   Plevock, Karen M ^a   Rusan, Nasser M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Brain; Cell cycle; Centrosome; Drosophila; Issue 89; Live imaging; Mitosis; Neuroblast; Neuroscience; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940285875     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51756     Document Type: Article

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