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Data of sperm-entry inability in Drosophila melanogaster ovarian follicles that are depleted of s36 chorionic protein

This paper presents data associated with the research article entitled “Targeted downregulation of s36 protein unearths its cardinal role in chorion biogenesis and architecture during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis” [1]. Drosophila chorion is produced by epithelial follicle cells and one of its f...

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Autores principales: Velentzas, Athanassios D., Velentzas, Panagiotis D., Katarachia, Stamatia, Mpakou, Vassiliki E., Papassideri, Issidora S., Stravopodis, Dimitrios J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28443296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.03.052
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Sumario:This paper presents data associated with the research article entitled “Targeted downregulation of s36 protein unearths its cardinal role in chorion biogenesis and architecture during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis” [1]. Drosophila chorion is produced by epithelial follicle cells and one of its functional serving role is egg fertilization through the micropyle, a specialized narrow channel at the anterior tip of the egg [2]. Sperm entry during fertilization is necessary for the egg to complete meiosis [3]. D. melanogaster flies being characterized by severe downregulation of the s36 chorionic protein, specifically in the follicle-cell compartment of their ovary, appear with impaired fly fertility (Velentzas et al., 2016) [1]. In an effort to further investigate whether the observed infertility in the s36-targeted flies derives from a fertilization failure, such as the inability of sperm to pass through egg׳s micropyle, we mated females carrying s36-depleted ovaries with males expressing the GFP protein either in their sperm tails, or in both their sperm tails and sperm heads.