Cloning of the neurodegeneration gene drop-dead and characterization of additional phenotypes of its mutation

Fly

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 180-188

  Blumenthal, Edward M ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult lethal; Crop; Defecation; Digestion; Drop dead; Drosophila; Neurodegeneration; NRF; Oogenesis; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

DRD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, NONSENSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 67650464041     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.6546     Document Type: Article

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