Article
Induction of leg-shaking, knock-down and killing responses by gamma-ray irradiation in Shaker mutants of Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of radiation research - 1 Jun 1995
Megumi T, Gamo S, Ohonishi T, Tanaka Y
Abstract excerpt
Induction of membrane-associated responses, a leg-shaking, a knock-down and a killing, by gamma-ray irradiation was investigated in Shaker (Sh) mutants of Drosophila melanogaster in which the gene cords for the A-current K+ channel. Sh mutants were more sensitive in the knock-down response after gamma-ray irradiation than wild types. There were a great amount of sex difference in the knock-down response, males...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gamma Rays
- Male
- Movement Disorders
- Mutation
- Potassium Channels
- Sex Characteristics
