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The Drosophila black enigma: the molecular and behavioural characterization of the black1 mutant allele.

Gene - 23 May 2005

Phillips A Marie, Smart Renee, Strauss Roland, Brembs Björn, Kelly Leonard E

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The cuticular melanization phenotype of black flies is rescued by beta-alanine, but beta-alanine production, by aspartate decarboxylation, was reported to be normal in assays of black mutants, and although black/Dgad2 is expressed in the lamina, the first optic ganglion, no electroretinogram (ERG) or other visual defect has been demonstrated in black flies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the black...

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PMID: 15878647
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.03.013

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