New genes for male accessory gland proteins in Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 825-834

  Wolfner, Mariana F ^a   Harada, Heidi A ^a   Bertram, Michael J ^a,c   Stelick, Thomas J ^a   Kraus, Kevin W ^a,b   Kalb, John M ^a,d   Oliver Lung, Y ^a   Neubaum, Deborah M ^a   Park, Morgan ^a,e   Tram, Uyen ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Baylor College of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory gland; Drosophila; Glycoprotein; Hormone; Paragonia; Peptide; Protease inhibitor; Reproduction; Secretion; Seminal fluid; Toxin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; PARAGONIA; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 18544407525     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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