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Detection of Cell Death in Drosophila Tissues

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Drosophila has served as a particularly attractive model to study cell death due to the vast array of tools for genetic manipulation under defined spatial and temporal conditions in vivo as well as in cultured cells. These genetic methods have been well supplemented by enzymatic assays and a panel of antibodies recognizing cell death markers. This chapter discusses reporters, mutants, and assays used by various laboratories to study cell death in the context of development and in response to external insults.

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Vasudevan, D., Ryoo, H.D. (2016). Detection of Cell Death in Drosophila Tissues. In: Puthalakath, H., Hawkins, C. (eds) Programmed Cell Death. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1419. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3581-9_11

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