Drosophila Sex Peptide Controls the Assembly of Lipid Microcarriers in Seminal Fluid
M. Wainwright, C. C. Mendes, A. Sekar, B. Kroeger, J. E. E. U. Hellberg, S.-J. Fan, A. Pavey, P. Marie, A. Leiblich, C. Gandy, L. Corrigan, R. S. Patel, S. Wigby, J. F. Morris, D. Goberdhan, C. Wilson
This paper shows that Sex Peptide in Drosophila is essential for assembling lipid microcarriers in seminal fluid, which are transferred to females and disassembled, with SP also required for normal female disassembly.
bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2020Cell Biology