An evolutionarily conserved arginine is essential for Tre1 G protein-coupled receptor function during germ cell migration in Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kamps, Angela R ^a   Pruitt, Margaret M ^a   Herriges, John C ^a,b   Coffman, Clark R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TRE1; TRAPPED IN ENDODERM 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TRE1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARGININE; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GERM CELLS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77955617584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011839     Document Type: Article

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