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The Drosophila Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) homolog is required for adult survival and male genital formation.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jun 1999
Baba K, Takeshita A, Majima K, Ueda R, Kondo S, Juni N, Yamamoto D
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We isolated a Drosophila fickleP (ficP) mutant with a shortened copulatory duration and reduced adult-stage life span. The reduced copulatory duration is ascribable to incomplete fusion of the left and right halves of the apodeme that holds the penis during copulation. ficP is an intronic mutation occurring in the Btk gene, a gene which encodes two forms (type 1 and type 2) of a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk)...
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