Article
Transfer of dye among salivary gland cells is not affected by genetic variations of the period clock gene in Drosophila melanogaster.
The Journal of membrane biology - 1 Dec 1993
Flint K K, Rosbash M, Hall J C
Abstract excerpt
Larval salivary gland cells of Drosophila melanogaster were injected with a fluorescent dye to assess strengths of intercellular communication among such cells, as influenced by mutations at the period locus and by a per transgene. This clock gene had been reported to increase the extent of dye transfer when mutated such that it shortens the period of biological rhythms; the previous study also showed that a...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Communication
- Circadian Rhythm
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Genetic Variation
- Intercellular Junctions
- Isoquinolines
- Membrane Potentials
- Mutation
- Salivary Glands