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Functional properties of the Drosophila melanogaster inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor mutants.
Biophysical journal - 1 Jun 2004
Srikanth Sonal, Wang Zhengnan, Tu Huiping, Nair Shalima, Mathew M K, Hasan Gaiti, Bezprozvanny Ilya
Abstract excerpt
The inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) is an intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) release channel that plays a crucial role in cell signaling. In Drosophila melanogaster a single InsP(3)R gene (itpr) encodes a protein (DmInsP(3)R) that is approximately 60% conserved with mammalian InsP(3)Rs. A number of itpr mutant alleles have been identified in genetic screens and studied for their effect on...
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