42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
MARCH 21-25, 2001
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Keyword List
01  Cell division
01  and cytoskeleton
  1. mitosis
  2. meiosis
  3. checkpoint
  4. kinase/phosphatase/cyclin
  5. developmental modulation
  6. centrosome
  7. kinetochores and cohesion
  8. spindles and motors
  9. cytokinesis
  10. cytoskeleton
  11. other
02  Chromosome
02  structure and
02  function
  1. chromatin and remodeling complexes
  2. insulators/boundary elements
  3. polycomb/trithorax complexes
  4. position effect variegation
  5. dosage compensation
  6. telomere
  7. centromere
  8. other
03  Gene
03  regulation
  1. core promoters and general transcription factors
  2. enhancers
  3. activators/coactivators
  4. repressors/corepressors
  5. transcription elongation
  6. splicing and its regulation
  7. RNA modification and editing
  8. translational control
  9. RNA localization
  10. other
04  Signal
04  transduction
  1. kinase/phosphatase
  2. cell-cell communication
  3. G protein
  4. receptor-ligand
  5. tumorigenesis
  6. protease
  7. second messengers
  8. downstream cascades and targets
  9. other
05  Pattern
05  formation
  1. segmentation
  2. homeotics
  3. axes
  4. compartments and boundaries
  5. cell migration and motility
  6. cell polarity
  7. commitment
  8. imaginal disk derivatives
  9. non-Drosophila
  10. other
06  Reproduction
  1. oogenesis (germ line)
  2. oogenesis (soma)
  3. spermatogenesis
  4. pre-gametogenic germ cell development
  5. sex determination (germ line)
  6. sex determination (soma)
  7. sex-specific traits and molecules
  8. fertilization
  9. other
07  Organogenesis
  1. endodermal derivatives
  2. mesodermal derivatives (muscle)
  3. mesodermal derivatives (nonmuscle)
  4. ectodermal derivatives (nonneural)
  5. extracellular matrix/cell adhesion
  6. non-Drosophila
  7. other
08  Neural
08  development
  1. axon guidance
  2. synaptogenesis
  3. neuronal specification
  4. programmed cell death
  5. glia
  6. hormonal control
  7. CNS
  8. sensory
  9. postembryonic
  10. other
09  Neural
09  physiology
09  and behavior
  1. sensory
  2. synapse
  3. neurotransmitter/neuropeptides
  4. ion channels
  5. homeostasis
  6. learning/memory
  7. courtship and mating
  8. rhythms
  9. hormones
  10. other
10  Evolution
  1. genome evolution
  2. population variation
  3. evolution and development
  4. quantitative traits
  5. speciation
  6. phylogenetics
  7. other
11  Immune system
11  and apoptosis
  1. cellular immunity
  2. humoral immunity
  3. caspases
  4. death mutants/genes
  5. inhibitors of apoptosis (iaps)
  6. transcriptional regulation
  7. other
12  Techniques and
12  genomics
  1. microarrays
  2. transformation
  3. RNAi
  4. microscopy
  5. gene disruption and targeting
  6. computational analyses
  7. mutational screens
  8. molecular interactions
  9. other