A screen for lethal mutations in the chromosomal region 59AB suggests that bellwether encodes the alpha subunit of the mitochondrial ATP synthase in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-387

  Jacobs, H ^a   Stratmann, R ^a,b   Lehner, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATP synthase; Bellwether; Cell cycle; Cyclin B; Moa

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYCLIN B; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031706461     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050826     Document Type: Article

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