Overview
- Discusses specific and commonly used techniques involving the Drosophila model
- Provides not only reviews but also protocols commonly used in laboratories related to each subject
- Equips designers to develop a screening kit for new medicines using the Drosophila model
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1076)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Most biological pathways, physical and neurological properties are highly conserved between humans and Drosophila and nearly 75% of human disease-causing genes have a functional homologue in Drosophila. This volume provides recent advances in Drosophila models for various human diseases, with each chapter providing a review of studies involving Drosophila models, as well as detailed protocols commonly used in laboratories. Starting with a review of Drosophila’s value as a highly tractable model organism for studying human diseases, subsequent chapters present Drosophila models for specific human diseases.
The book provides a useful resource for all scientists who are starting to use the Drosophila model in their studies, and for researchers working in the pharmaceutical industry and using new screening models to develop new medicines for various diseases.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Masamitsu Yamaguchi received his PhD from Osaka University and is currently a Professor of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology. He is a former director of the Advanced Insect Research Promotion Center at Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Drosophila Models for Human Diseases
Editors: Masamitsu Yamaguchi
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0529-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0528-3Published: 12 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4442-8Published: 07 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0529-0Published: 27 June 2018
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 308
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Genetics, Cell Biology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Neurosciences, Metabolic Diseases