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A cis-regulatory mutation in troponin-I of Drosophila reveals the importance of proper stoichiometry of structural proteins during muscle assembly.
Genetics - 1 May 2015
Firdaus Hena, Mohan Jayaram, Naz Sarwat, Arathi Prabhashankar, Ramesh Saraf R, Nongthomba Upendra
Abstract excerpt
Rapid and high wing-beat frequencies achieved during insect flight are powered by the indirect flight muscles, the largest group of muscles present in the thorax. Any anomaly during the assembly and/or structural impairment of the indirect flight muscles gives rise to a flightless phenotype. Multiple mutagenesis screens in Drosophila melanogaster for defective flight behavior have led to the isolation and...
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