Article
Genetically modified yolk proteins precipitate in the adult Drosophila fat body.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Feb 1991
Butterworth F M, Bownes M, Burde V S
Abstract excerpt
Ultrastructural and genetic studies were carried out on the fat body of a female sterile mutant fs(1)1163 to ascertain why yolk protein 1 (YP1) is not secreted from this tissue. Earlier molecular studies demonstrated that (a) normally yolk protein is synthesized in the fat body, secreted into the hemolymph and taken up by the ovary, (b) the 1163 mutation causes a single amino acid substitution in YP1, and (c)...
Topics
- Animals
- Basement Membrane
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Egg Proteins
- Fat Body
- Female
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation