Serotonin synthesis and distribution in Drosophila dopa decarboxylase genetic mosaics.

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Serotonin synthesis and distribution in Drosophila dopa decarboxylase genetic mosaics.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Nov 1990

Vallés A M, White K

Abstract excerpt

In Drosophila, the enzyme dopa decarboxylase (DDC) catalyzes the last step in the biosynthesis of serotonin (5HT) and dopamine. In the present study, the distribution of DDC and one of its biosynthetic products (5HT) was determined in CNSs that were genetic mosaics, composed of neurons that have...

Topics

Animals
Dopa Decarboxylase
Drosophila
Immunohistochemistry
Larva
Mosaicism
Mutation
Nervous System
Serotonin

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