Male accessory glands of Drosophila melanogaster make a secreted angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ANCE), suggesting a role for the peptide-processing enzyme in seminal fluid

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3601-3606

  Rylett, Caroline M ^a   Walker, Michael J ^a   Howell, Gareth J ^a   Shirras, Alan D ^b   Isaac, R Elwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANCE; Angiotensin I converting enzyme; Dicarboxypeptidase; Drosophila; Male accessory gland

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETION; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36348983276     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009035     Document Type: Article

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