Drosophila importin-α2 is involved in synapse, axon and muscle development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Mosca, Timothy J ^a,b,c   Schwarz, Thomas L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA2; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78650145173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015223     Document Type: Article

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