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Minor-myosin, a novel myosin isoform synthesized preferentially in Drosophila testis is encoded by the muscle myosin heavy chain gene.
Mechanisms of development - 1 May 1995
Miedema K, Hanske M, Akhmanova A, Bindels P, Hennig W
Abstract excerpt
Searching for structural proteins involved in spermatogenesis of Drosophila, we found a novel myosin isoform in the testis of Drosophila hydei and D. melanogaster. The transcript encoding this isoform, which we called 'minor-myosin', initiates within the intron between exons 12 and 13 of the muscle myosin heavy chain (mMHC) gene. Minor-myosin contains a common myosin tail but no ordinary myosin head domain....
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