Genetic characterization of the drosophila jaguar322 mutant reveals that complete myosin VI loss of function is not lethal

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 711-716

  Morrison, Julie K ^a   Miller, Kathryn G ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN VI; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; JAGUAR 322 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE COMPONENTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 52049104250     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.085969     Document Type: Article

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