Glial cell development in Drosophila.
In the Drosophila central nervous system (CNS) about 10% of the cells are of glial nature. A set of molecular markers has allowed unraveling a number of genes controlling glial cell fate determination as well as genes required for glial cell differentiation. Here we focus on the embryonic CNS glia and review the recent progress in the field.
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Institut für Neurobiologie, Universität Münster, Badestr. 9, 48149, Münster, Germany. klaembt@uni-muenster.de
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D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017344:Genes, Insect; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
D015415:Biomarkers; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins