NEUROGENESIS IN THE INSECT CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM

Authors
Citation
Cq. Doe et Jb. Skeath, NEUROGENESIS IN THE INSECT CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM, Current opinion in neurobiology, 6(1), 1996, pp. 18-24
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
ISSN journal
09594388
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
18 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-4388(1996)6:1<18:NITIC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Recent advances provide an increasingly sophisticated understanding of Drosophila CNS development. First, genes have been identified that sp ecify unique neuroblast cell fates. Second, neuroblasts have been foun d to use a novel mechanism for asymmetric localization of proteins int o one daughter cell at mitosis. Third, a gene controlling the choice b etween glial/neuronal determination has been discovered. And finally, new cell-lineage methods are being used to determine the entire lineag e of identified neuroblasts, including axon projections and synaptic c ontacts.