The Drosophila gene abstrakt, required for visual system development, encodes a putative RNA helicase of the DEAD box protein family

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 189-196

  Schmucker, Dietmar ^a   Vorbrüggen, Gerd ^b   Yeghiayan, Paula ^a   Fan, Hong Qing ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^b   Gaul, Ulrike ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

abstrakt; Axon guidance; Bolwig nerve; DEAD box protein; Drosophila melanogaster; RNA helicase; Visual system; Visual system development

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARGININE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PROLINE; RNA HELICASE; SERINE; THREONINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RNA HELICASES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0342614983     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00298-1     Document Type: Article

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