42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference
KEYWORD INDEX
   

  
The following index is composed of keywords selected by presenting authors from a list in the Conference Call for Abstracts. Abstract program numbers follow each keyword. To view an abstract, click on its program number.
 

Cell Division and Cytoskeleton

asymmetric cell division

129

229A

asymmetric cell divisions

226A

cell competition

236B

cell cycle modulation

231C

cell growth and proliferation

222C

cell junctions

227B

centriole

135

centrosome

74

177C

178A

179B

180C

181A

checkpoint

75

161B

162C

163A

164B

cytokinesis

131

132

195C

196A

197B

198C

199A

cytoskeleton

133

134

200B

201C

202A

203B

204C

205A

206B

207C

208A

209B

210C

211A

212B

213C

214A

215B

216C

217A

218B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

development

223A

developmental modulation

130

170B

171C

172A

173B

174C

175A

176B

DNA replication

220A

DNA replication/ s phase

219C

endocycle

73

endoreduplication

235A

growth

224B

kinase/phosphatase/cyclin

71

165C

166A

167B

168C

169A

kinetochores and cohesion

182B

183C

meiosis

76

154A

155B

156C

157A

158B

159C

160A

merlin, NF2, phosphorylation, expanded

228C

mitosis

69

70

72

145A

146B

147C

148A

149B

150C

151A

152B

153C

221B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

morphogenesis and cell shape change

233B

proliferation

232A

rad51

234C

RHO GTPAses

230B

spindles and motors

136

184A

185B

186C

187A

188B

189C

190A

191B

192C

193A

194B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tumorigenesis

225C


Chromosome Structure and Function

centromere

291C

chiasma function

307A

chromatin and remodeling complexes

37

38

39

40

237C

238A

239B

240C

241A

242B

243C

244A

245B

246C

247A

248B

249C

 

 

 

DNA repair

47

292A

295A

301A

302B

304A

306C

dosage compensation

281B

282C

283A

284B

extrachromosomal circular DNA

294C

genomic imprinting

297C

heterochromatin

293B

303C

insulators/boundary elements

43

44

250A

251B

252C

253A

254B

255C

meiosis

300C

305B

mutagenesis

48

mutational screens

298A

nuclear architecture

296B

polycomb/trithorax complexes

41

256A

257B

258C

259A

260B

261C

262A

263B

264C

265A

266B

267C

268A

269B

270C

271A

 

 

 

position effect variegation

42

46

272B

273C

274A

275B

276C

277A

278B

279C

280A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recombination

299B

telomere

285C

286A

287B

288C

289A

290B

transvection

45


Evolution

adaptive evolution

30

epistatic selection

896B

evolution and development

26

27

28

36

877A

878B

879C

880A

881B

882C

883A

884B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

evolution of gene regulation

25

gene family evolution

898A

genome evolution

32

34

35

852C

853A

854B

855C

856A

857B

858C

859A

860B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interspecific transfer, retrotransposon, env-gene

900C

life-history evolution

899B

mutation rate

901A

phylogenetics

894C

895A

population variation

29

31

861C

862A

863B

864C

865A

866B

867C

868A

869B

870C

871A

872B

873C

874A

875B

876C

 

 

quantitative traits

33

885C

886A

887B

888C

speciation

889A

890B

891C

892A

893B

survival

897C


Gene Regulation

activators/coactivators

86

87

327C

328A

329B

330C

331A

332B

333C

334A

335B

336C

337A

338B

339C

 

 

 

 

 

aging

380B

cell cycle

379A

core promoters and general transcription factors

88

308B

309C

310A

311B

312C

313A

314B

315C

cul-1, ubiquitin ligases

384C

cytochrome p450, repressor

386B

dsRNA-mediated silencing

94

ecdysone

383B

enhancers

85

316A

317B

318C

319A

320B

321C

322A

323B

324C

325A

326B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

expression pattern

387C

genetic modifiers

382A

nuclear receptor

385A

post translational control, targeted proteolysis

389B

repressors/corepressors

89

90

91

92

340A

341B

342C

343A

344B

345C

346A

347B

348C

349A

350B

351C

352A

353B

354C

 

RNA decay

388A

RNA localization

371B

372C

373A

374B

375C

376A

377B

378C

RNA modification

364A

365B

splicing and its regulation

93

356B

357C

358A

359B

360C

361A

362B

363C

transcription elongation

355A

translational control

96

366C

367A

368B

369C

370A

transposable element

95

381C


Immune System and Apoptosis

caspases

66

913A

cellular immunity

61

902B

903C

904A

905B

death mutants/genes

67

68

914B

915C

916A

917B

918C

919A

920B

921C

humoral immunity

62

63

64

65

906C

907A

908B

909C

910A

911B

912C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inhibitors of apoptosis (iaps)

922A

other

927C

retinal degeneration

928A

second messenger

925A

transcriptional regulation

923B

924C

wound healing

926B


Neural Development

adult

791B

axon guidance

109

110

717C

718A

719B

720C

721A

722B

723C

724A

725B

726C

727A

728B

729C

730A

 

 

 

 

CNS

115

761B

762C

763A

764B

765C

766A

767B

768C

769A

770B

771C

772A

773B

774C

775A

 

 

 

 

degenerative brain mutations

793A

eye development

116

glia

113

753C

754A

755B

756C

757A

758B

759C

hormonal control

760A

inducible targeted expression

796A

ion channel

790A

neurodegeneration

792C

795C

neurodegeneration and disease

114

neuronal specification

111

112

118

735C

736A

737B

738C

739A

740B

741C

742A

743B

744C

745A

746B

747C

748A

749B

750C

751A

polyglutamine neurodegeneration

794B

postembryonic

120

783C

784A

785B

786C

787A

788B

programmed cell death

752B

sensory

117

776B

777C

778A

779B

780C

781A

782B

synaptic plasticity

789C

synaptogenesis

119

731B

732C

733A

734B


Neural Physiology and Behavior

courtship and mating

59

828C

829A

830B

831C

832A

833B

834C

835A

836B

837C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disease model, polyglutamine expansion

843C

experience-dependent plasticity

50

general anesthetics

848B

geotaxis

851B

homeostasis

823A

hormones

840C

841A

842B

ion channels

53

55

820A

821B

822C

learning/memory

60

824B

825C

826A

827B

membrane

849C

neural physiology

57

neurodegeneration

846C

850A

neurodegeneration/Alzheimer's abeta

845B

neurotransmitter/neuropeptides

812B

813C

814A

815B

816C

817A

818B

819C

phosphorylation

844A

rhythms

838A

839B

sensory

54

56

58

797B

798C

799A

800B

801C

802A

803B

804C

805A

806B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

synapse

49

51

52

807C

808A

809B

810C

811A

visual transduction

847A


Organogenesis

ectodermal derivatives (nonneural)

4

5

6

689B

690C

691A

692B

693C

694A

695B

696C

697A

698B

699C

700A

701B

702C

703A

 

 

embryogenesis

711C

endodermal derivatives

1

extracellular matrix/cell adhesion

7

704B

705C

706A

707B

gastrulation

712A

714C

hematopoiesis crystal cell lozenge U-shaped

709A

lipid storage droplets

713B

mesodermal derivatives (muscle)

2

669C

670A

671B

672C

673A

674B

675C

676A

677B

678C

679A

680B

681C

682A

683B

684C

685A

686B

687C

688A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mesodermal derivatives (nonmuscle)

3

microarray

8

salivary gland

715A

salivary gland, apoptosis

708C

trachea

716B

tracheal development

710B


Pattern Formation

axes

17

19

20

514A

515B

516C

517A

518B

519C

520A

521B

522C

523A

524B

525C

526A

527B

528C

 

 

cell migration and motility

122

541A

542B

543C

544A

545B

546C

547A

548B

549C

550A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cell polarity

24

121

551B

552C

553A

554B

555C

commitment

556A

557B

558C

compartments and boundaries

22

125

529A

530B

531C

532A

533B

534C

535A

536B

537C

538A

539B

540C

 

 

 

 

 

 

embryonic and imaginal discs derivatives

595A

gene regulation

593B

head development

598A

homeotics

124

126

127

504C

505A

506B

507C

508A

509B

510C

511A

512B

513C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hypoxia, developmental arrest

601A

imaginal disk derivatives

123

128

559A

560B

561C

562A

563B

564C

565A

566B

567C

568A

569B

570C

571A

572B

573C

574A

575B

576C

577A

578B

579C

580A

581B

582C

583A

584B

585C

586A

morphogen

599B

morphogen interpretation

18

non-Drosophila

21

587B

588C

pattern-repair

594C

phosphatase

589A

regeneration

600C

segmentation

23

495C

496A

497B

498C

499A

500B

501C

502A

503B

signal transduction

596B

tissue polarity

597C

wg, proventriculus, innexin, gap junction

592A

wing patterning

590B

wingless

591C


Reproduction

cell biology, mitochondria

663C

fertilization

661A

662B

gametogenesis

98

hybrid dysgenesis

668B

juvenile hormone

665B

oogenesis (germ line and soma regulation)

664A

oogenesis (germ line)

101

106

602B

603C

604A

605B

606C

607A

608B

609C

610A

611B

612C

613A

614B

615C

616A

617B

618C

619A

620B

621C

622A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oogenesis (soma)

102

104

623B

624C

625A

626B

627C

628A

629B

630C

631A

632B

633C

634A

635B

636C

637A

638B

639C

 

oogenesis-germ line and soma

667A

pre-gametogenic germ cell development

97

649A

650B

651C

protein localization

666C

sex determination (germ line)

103

652A

653B

654C

sex determination (soma)

655A

656B

sex-specific traits and molecules

107

108

657C

658A

659B

660C

spermatogenesis

99

100

640A

641B

642C

643A

644B

645C

646A

647B

648C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tissue polarity, ap polarity

105


Signal Transduction

aging

493A

antioxidants

489C

apoptosis

481A

cell-cell communication

83

84

137

408C

409A

410B

411C