The essential requirement of an animal heme peroxidase protein during the wing maturation process in Drosophila.

Dondra BaileyMohammed Abul BasarSanjay NagNivedita BondhuShaloei TengAtanu Duttaroy

Published in: BMC developmental biology (2017)

Cysu, a peroxinectin-like gene, is required during the wing maturation process in Drosophila because as a heme peroxidase, Cysu is capable of utilizing H2O2, which plays an essential role in post-eclosion wing morphogenesis.

Keyphrases

hydrogen peroxide
copy number
genome wide
nitric oxide
gene expression
dna methylation
binding protein
transcription factor
genome wide analysis