Drosophila tools and assays for the study of human diseases

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 235-244

  Ugur, Berrak ^a   Chen, Kuchuan ^a   Bellen, Hugo J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fat body; Heart; Human disease models; Kidney; Liver; Malpighian tubules; Nephrocytes; Nervous system; Neurodegeneration; Oenocyte; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FAT DROPLET;

ASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FAT BODY; GENE; HEART; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOASSAY; DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84961757529     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.023762     Document Type: Review

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