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Candidate gustatory interneurons modulating feeding behavior in the Drosophila brain.
PLoS biology - 1 Sept 2005
Melcher Christoph, Pankratz Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Feeding is a fundamental activity of all animals that can be regulated by internal energy status or external sensory signals. We have characterized a zinc finger transcription factor, klumpfuss (klu), which is required for food intake in Drosophila larvae. Microarray analysis indicates that expression of the neuropeptide gene hugin (hug) in the brain is altered in klu mutants and that hug itself is regulated by...
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