kri

Summary

Gene Symbol: kri
Description: krishah
Alias: CG5537, Dmel\CG5537, anon-EST:Posey275, uprt, krishah, CG5537-PA, CG5537-PB, CG5537-PC, kri-PA, kri-PB, kri-PC
Species: fruit fly

Top Publications

  1. Buffin E, Emre D, Karess R. Flies without a spindle checkpoint. Nat Cell Biol. 2007;9:565-72 pubmed
  2. Doumanis J, Wada K, Kino Y, Moore A, Nukina N. RNAi screening in Drosophila cells identifies new modifiers of mutant huntingtin aggregation. PLoS ONE. 2009;4:e7275 pubmed publisher
    ..Newly identified modifiers including genes related to nuclear transport, nucleotide processes, and signaling, may be involved in polyglutamine aggregate formation and Huntington disease cascades. ..
  3. Ghosh A, Shimell M, Leof E, Haley M, O Connor M. UPRT, a suicide-gene therapy candidate in higher eukaryotes, is required for Drosophila larval growth and normal adult lifespan. Sci Rep. 2015;5:13176 pubmed publisher
    ..We find that the Drosophila UPRT homologue, krishah (kri), codes for an enzyme that is required for larval growth, pre-pupal/pupal viability and long-term adult ..