Characterization of the Drosophila ortholog of the human Usher syndrome type 1G protein sans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Demontis, Fabio ^a,b   Dahmann, Christian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 99C; CRINKLED; MYOSIN VIIA; PROTEIN SANS; PROTEIN USH1G; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN AVALANCHE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANKYRIN; CRINKLED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MYOSIN; NERVE PROTEIN; USH1G PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENDOSOME; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORTHOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA CONE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EYE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYLOGENY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANKYRIN REPEAT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MYOSINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHYLOGENY; QA-SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 62749177524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004753     Document Type: Article

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