slit: An EGF-homologous locus of D. melanogaster involved in the development of the embryonic central nervous system
Rothberg J, Hartley D, Walther Z, Artavanis-Tsakonas S. slit: An EGF-homologous locus of D. melanogaster involved in the development of the embryonic central nervous system. Cell 1988, 55: 1047-1059. PMID: 3144436, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(88)90249-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic central nervous systemD. melanogasterDeduced protein sequenceCentral nervous systemMidline glial cellsLongitudinal axon tractsEGF-like repeatsHigh-level expressionMolecular dataNervous systemProtein sequencesLoci resultsFamily of lociExtracellular localizationLevel expressionLociMelanogasterSitu hybridizationAxon tractsGenesEmbryosGlial cellsAntibody stainingPossible roleSequence