A non-canonical start codon in the Drosophila fragile X gene yields two functional isoforms

Neuroscience

Volumn 181, Issue , 2011, Pages 48-66

  Beerman, R W ^a   Jongens, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AttB attP transgenic system; DFMR1; Drosophila; Fragile X mental retardation; Non canonical start codon

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFMR1 GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FRAGILE X GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; CODON, INITIATOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 79953726702     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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