A yolk protein mutant leads to defects in the secretion machinery of Drosophila melanogaster

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-222

  Butterworth, F M ^a   Burde, V S ^a   Mauchline, D ^b   Bownes, Mary ^b,c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Drosophila; Oogenesis; Protein secretion; Yolk proteins

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG LAYING; FAT BODY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PROTEIN SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033133850     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0022     Document Type: Article

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