Programmed cell death in the Drosophila central nervous system midline.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00155-2

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Programmed cell death in the Drosophila central nervous system midline.

Current biology : CB - 1 Jul 1995

Zhou L, Hashimi H, Schwartz L M, Nambu J R

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BACKGROUND: During the development of the central nervous system, large numbers of cells die by programmed cell death. This process requires the activity of specific gene products and subserves functions that include regulating the sizes of interacting cell populations and removing cells that pro...

Topics

Animals
Apoptosis
Axons
Cell Differentiation
Cell Movement
Central Nervous System
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genes, Insect
Hemocytes
Macrophages
Mutation
Peptides
Phagocytosis

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