Calmodulin point mutations affect Drosophila development and behavior.

doi:10.1093/genetics/147.4.1783

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Calmodulin point mutations affect Drosophila development and behavior.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1997

Nelson H B, Heiman R G, Bolduc C, Kovalick G E, Whitley P, Stern M, Beckingham K

Abstract excerpt

Calmodulin (CAM) is recognized as a major intermediary in intracellular calcium signaling, but as yet little is known of its role in developmental and behavioral processes. We have generated and studied mutations to the endogenous Cam gene of Drosophila melanogaster that change single amino acids...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Calmodulin
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Lethal
Insect Proteins
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Molecular Structure
Phenotype
Point Mutation

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