Degenerative spermatocyte, a novel gene encoding a transmembrane protein required for the initiation of meiosis in Drosophila spermatogenesis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Endo, K ^a   Akiyama, T ^a,b   Kobayashi, S ^a   Okada, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Meiosis; Primary spermatocyte; Spermatogenesis; Transmembrane protein

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029951755     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050308     Document Type: Article

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