Mutations in the novel membrane protein spinster interfere with programmed cell death and cause neural degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3775-3788

  Nakano, Yoshiro ^a,b,f,g   Fujitani, Kazuko ^a,b   Kurihara, Joyce ^f   Ragan, Janet ^f   Usui Aoki, Kazue ^c   Shimoda, Lori ^f   Lukacsovich, Tamas ^a   Suzuki, Keiko ^b,d   Sezaki, Mariko ^b   Sano, Yumiko ^b   Ueda, Ryu ^b   Awano, Wakae ^a   Kaneda, Mizuho ^e   Umeda, Masato ^e   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COURTSHIP; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; LIFESPAN; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; LIPOFUSCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA;

EID: 0035023142     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.11.3775-3788.2001     Document Type: Article

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