Drosophila Neurotrophins Reveal a Common Mechanism for Nervous System Formation

Bangfu Zhu; Jenny A Pennack; Peter McQuilton; Manuel G Forero; Kenji Mizuguchi; Ben Sutcliffe; Chun-Jing Gu; Janine C Fenton; Alicia Hidalgo

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060284

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Drosophila Neurotrophins Reveal a Common Mechanism for Nervous System Formation

Bangfu Zhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bangfu Zhu, Jenny A Pennack

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Jenny A Pennack ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bangfu Zhu, Jenny A Pennack

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Peter McQuilton,

Affiliations Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom , Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Manuel G Forero,

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Kenji Mizuguchi,

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom , Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom , National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Osaka, Japan
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Ben Sutcliffe,

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Chun-Jing Gu,

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Janine C Fenton,

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Alicia Hidalgo

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: a.hidalgo@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Neurodevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Drosophila Neurotrophins Reveal a Common Mechanism for Nervous System Formation

Bangfu Zhu,
Jenny A Pennack,
Peter McQuilton,
Manuel G Forero,
Kenji Mizuguchi,
Ben Sutcliffe,
Chun-Jing Gu,
Janine C Fenton,
Alicia Hidalgo

Published: November 18, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060284

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