Glia in the chiasms and medulla of the Drosophila melanogaster optic lobes.

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Glia in the chiasms and medulla of the Drosophila melanogaster optic lobes.

Cell and tissue research - 1 Sept 1997

Tix S, Eule E, Fischbach K F, Benzer S

Abstract excerpt

Different classes of glia cells in the optic lobes of Drosophila melanogaster were defined by the enhancer trap technique, using expression of the lacZ reporter gene. At both the outer and inner optic chiasms, there are stacks of glia, arrayed from dorsal to ventral, interpersed between the cross...

Topics

Animals
Bromodeoxyuridine
Drosophila melanogaster
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
Ganglia, Invertebrate
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Genes, Reporter
Lac Operon
Larva
Mutation
Neuroglia
Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian
Pupa

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