Functional roles for β1,4-N-acetlygalactosaminyltransferase-A in Drosophila larval neurons and muscles

Genetics

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 671-679

  Haines, Nicola ^a   Stewart, Bryan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1,4 N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE A; CALCIUM; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSYLGLUCOSYLCERAMIDE BETA D ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSYLGLUCOSYLCERAMIDE BETA-D-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUTATION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LARVA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; MUTATION; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 34247897153     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.065565     Document Type: Article

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