An over-expression system for characterizing Ppt1 function in Drosophila

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Korey, Christopher A ^a,b   MacDonald, Marcy E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PALMITOYL PROTEIN THIOESTERASE; SERINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSES; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TRANSGENES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 2642534561     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-4-30     Document Type: Article

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