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Developing fruit fly nerve cord

ID Number
2435

Description
The glial cells (black dots) and nerve cells (brown bands) in this developing fruit fly nerve cord formed normally despite the absence of the SPITZ protein, which blocks their impending suicide. The HID protein, which triggers suicide, is also lacking in this embryo.

Type
Photograph

Source
Hermann Steller, Rockefeller University

Credit Line
Andreas Bergmann and Hermann Steller, Rockefeller University

 

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