Actin cytoskeleton. Through the bottleneck.
Like serendipity-alpha and nullo, the newly characterized gene bottleneck is involved in organizing the actin cytoskeleton of the Drosophila embryo to achieve the transition from a syncytium to a cellular blastoderm.
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Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-5215.
D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001756:Blastoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology; D017344:Genes, Insect; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology
D000199:Actins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007301:Insect Hormones; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C083811:bnk protein, Drosophila; C075578:nullo protein, Drosophila