Neural disease: Drosophila degenerates for a good cause.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00506-4

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Neural disease: Drosophila degenerates for a good cause.

Current biology : CB - 5 Nov 1998

Mutsuddi M, Nambu J R

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Human neurodegenerative disorders are typified by late onset cell loss in specific brain regions and stereotypic neuroanatomical and behavioral aberrations. Recent studies suggest that molecular genetic approaches in Drosophila may shed important new light on conserved mechanisms underlying such...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila
Genes, Insect
Glutamic Acid
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats
Mutation
Nerve Degeneration

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