Drosophila mitoferrin is essential for male fertility: Evidence for a role of mitochondrial iron metabolism during spermatogenesis

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Metzendorf, Christoph ^a   Lind, Maria I ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; IRON; MITOFERRIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IRON; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 77953655166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-10-68     Document Type: Article

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