The drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue Ance is required for spermiogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-247

  Hurst, Debra ^a   Rylett, Caroline M ^b   Isaac, R Elwyn ^b   Shirras, Alan D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE; Ance; Metallopeptidase; Spermatid individualisation; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TESTIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037442566     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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