Analysis of the sequence and phenotype of Drosophila Sex combs reduced alleles reveals potential functions of conserved protein motifs of the sex combs reduced protein

Genetics

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Sivanantharajah, Lovesha ^a   Percival Smith, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOX PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; OCTAPEPTIDE; SEX COMBS REDUCED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROBOSCIPEDIA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SEX COMBS REDUCED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HOX GENE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOP CODON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CODON, NONSENSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 67849090500     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.100438     Document Type: Article

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