Site directed mutagenesis of Drosophila flightin disrupts phosphorylation and impairs flight muscle structure and mechanics

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Barton, Byron ^a   Ayer, Gretchen ^a   Maughan, David W ^a   Vigoreaux, Jim O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Flightin; Indirect flight muscle; Phosphorylation; Thick filaments

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; FLIGHTIN PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SARCOMERE; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, STRIATED; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SARCOMERES; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSGENES; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 35748951592     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: 15732657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10974-007-9120-y     Document Type: Article

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