A network of interactions among seminal proteins underlies the long-term postmating response in Drosophila

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 15384-15389

  Ravi Ram, K ^a,b   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Mating response; Reproduction; Seminal fluid; Sperm; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; LECTIN; PROTEINASE; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMEN PROTEIN; SEX PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349323630     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902923106     Document Type: Article

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