A role for Acp29AB, a predicted seminal fluid lectin, in female sperm storage in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 921-931

  Wong, Alex ^a,c   Albright, Shannon N ^a   Giebel, Jonathan D ^a,d   Ravi Ram, K ^a,e   Ji, Shuqing ^a   Fiumera, Anthony C ^b   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACP29AB PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACP29AB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FEMALE SPERM STORAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT GENETICS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM COMPETITION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 58149337588     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.092106     Document Type: Article

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