The hector G-protein coupled receptor is required in a subset of fruitless neurons for male courtship behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Li, Yuanli ^a   Hoxha, Valbona ^a   Lama, Chamala ^a   Dinh, Bich Hien ^a   Vo, Christina N ^a   Dauwalder, Brigitte ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FRUITLESS PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HECTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82355161914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028269     Document Type: Article

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