Article
Juvenile hormone stimulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity during vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology - 1 Jan 1990
Birnbaum M J, Gilbert L I
Abstract excerpt
The activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the rate-limiting enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, becomes elevated in intact female Drosophila melanogaster shortly after adult eclosion. This activity reaches a peak at 24 h following eclosion, and then drops to lower levels by 48 h. This pattern...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Enzyme Activation
- Female
- Juvenile Hormones
- Mutation
- Ornithine Decarboxylase
- Vitellogenesis