Disruption of the IP3 receptor gene of Drosophila affects larval metamorphosis and ecdysone release.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00221-1

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Disruption of the IP3 receptor gene of Drosophila affects larval metamorphosis and ecdysone release.

Current biology : CB - 1 Jul 1997

Venkatesh K, Hasan G

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BACKGROUND: The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor is an intracellular calcium channel that couples cell membrane receptors, via the second messenger IP3, to calcium signal transduction pathways within many types of cells. IP3 receptor function has been implicated in development, but the...

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Alleles
Animals
Calcium Channels
DNA-Binding Proteins
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Ecdysone
Ecdysterone
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
Larva
Metamorphosis, Biological
Mutation
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Transcription Factors
Transcription, Genetic

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