Acp36DE is required for uterine conformational changes in mated Drosophila females

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

Volumn 106, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 15796-15800

  Avila, Frank W ^a   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Seminal protein; Sperm competition; Sperm storage

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ACP36DE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; PEPTIDES; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOZOA; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349468055     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904029106     Document Type: Article

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