vitellogenic Drosophila

Yue Yu1,2, Dongsheng Chen1,3, Stephen M Farmer1,2,4

  • 1The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, United States of America.

PLoS genetics
|February 5, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究揭示了Rab5和Rab11在Drosophila卵细胞黄颗粒形成中的重要作用,利用体内模型来了解细胞膜贩运及其由氨酸和活性动态的调节.

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