Characterization of muscle actin genes in Drosophila virilis reveals significant molecular complexity in skeletal muscle types

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 333-340

  Lovato, T L ^a   Meadows, S M ^a   Baker, P W ^a   Sparrow, J C ^b   Cripps, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila virilis; Muscle; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT CELL; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE CYCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034871839     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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