Towards long term cultivation of Drosophila wing imaginal discs in vitro.

The wing imaginal disc of Drosophila melanogaster is a prominent experimental system for research on control of cell growth, proliferation and death, as well as on pattern formation and morphogenesis during organogenesis. The precise genetic methodology applicable in this system has facilitated conc...

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Main Authors: Björn Handke, János Szabad, Peter V Lidsky, Ernst Hafen, Christian F Lehner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4159298?pdf=render