The gemin associates of survival motor neuron are required for motor function in Drosophila

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Borg, Rebecca ^a   Cauchi, Ruben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT; GEMIN 2 GENE; GEMIN 3 GENE; GEMIN 5 GENE; GEMIN GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; SMN COMPLEX PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84896703087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083878     Document Type: Article

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