A non-flight muscle isoform of Drosophila tropomyosin rescues an indirect flight muscle tropomyosin mutant.

doi:10.1007/BF00132183

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A non-flight muscle isoform of Drosophila tropomyosin rescues an indirect flight muscle tropomyosin mutant.

Journal of muscle research and cell motility - 1 Feb 1993

Miller R C, Schaaf R, Maughan D W, Tansey T R

Abstract excerpt

The tropomyosin I(TmI) gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes two isoforms of tropomyosin. The Ifm-TmI isoform is expressed only in indirect flight and jump muscles; the Scm-TmI isoform is found in other muscles of the larva and adult. The level of Ifm-TmI is severely reduced in the flightless m...

Topics

Adenosine Triphosphatases
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Flight, Animal
Isoenzymes
Muscles
Mutation
Transformation, Genetic
Tropomyosin

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