Fruit flies on the front line: The translational impact of Drosophila

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 229-231

  Perrimon, Norbert ^a   Bonini, Nancy M ^b   Dhillon, Paraminder ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c The Company of Biologists Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Drosophila; Genomics; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DROSOPHILA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84961738526     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.024810     Document Type: Review

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