Article
A genetic deficiency that spans the flightin gene of Drosophila melanogaster affects the ultrastructure and function of the flight muscles.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Jul 1998
Vigoreaux J O, Hernandez C, Moore J, Ayer G, Maughan D
Abstract excerpt
We have developed a reverse-genetic approach to study the function of flightin, a unique protein of the flight muscle myofibril of Drosophila melanogaster. We describe the generation and characterization of Df(3L)fln1, a lethal genetic deficiency in the 76BE region of the third chromosome which d...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Filamins
- Flight, Animal
- Gene Deletion
- Kinetics
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle Proteins
- Muscles
- Mutation
- Myofibrils