The tamas gene, identified as a mutation that disrupts larval behavior in Drosophila melanogaster, codes for the mitochondrial DNA polymerase catalytic subunit (DNApol-γ125)

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1809-1824

  Iyengar, Balaji ^a   Roote, John ^b   Campos, Ana Regina ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, LETHAL; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032728444     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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