The light gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a homologue of VPS41, a yeast gene involved in cellular-protein trafficking

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 236-243

  Warner, T S ^a   Sinclair, D A R ^a   Fitzpatrick, K A ^a   Singh, M ^a   Devlin, R H ^a,b   Honda, B M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye colour gene; Heterochromatin; Vesicle transport

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC TRAIT; INSECT GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032053284     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-017     Document Type: Article

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