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Glial cell development in Drosophila
Author(s) -
Klämbt C.,
Hummel T.,
Granderath S.,
Schimmelpfeng K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of developmental neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.761
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1873-474X
pISSN - 0736-5748
DOI - 10.1016/s0736-5748(01)00005-3
Subject(s) - biology , embryonic stem cell , cell fate determination , drosophila (subgenus) , neuroscience , central nervous system , neuroglia , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics , transcription factor
Abstract 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.