Drosophila syntaxin is required for cell viability and may function in membrane formation and stabilization.

doi:10.1093/genetics/144.4.1713

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Drosophila syntaxin is required for cell viability and may function in membrane formation and stabilization.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1996

Schulze K L, Bellen H J

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The role of the Drosophila homologue of syntaxin-1A (syx) in neurotransmission has been extensively studied. However, developmental Northern analyses and in situ hybridization experiments show that SYX mRNA is expressed during all stages and in many tissues. We have isolated new mutations in syx...

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Alleles
Animals
Antigens, Surface
Cell Membrane
Cell Survival
Drosophila
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Syntaxin 1

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