Drosophila importin α1 performs paralog-specific functions essential for gametogenesis

Genetics

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 839-850

  Ratan, R ^a   Mason, D A ^b,c   Sinnot, B ^a   Goldfarb, D S ^b   Fleming, R J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPORTIN ALPHA1; IMPORTIN ALPHA2; IMPORTIN ALPHA3; IMPORTIN BETA1; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA 2; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CROSS BREEDING; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; MALE; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 40849134397     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.081778     Document Type: Article

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