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Flies without trehalose.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Jan 2015
Matsuda Hiroko, Yamada Takayuki, Yoshida Miki, Nishimura Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Living organisms adapt to environmental changes through metabolic homeostasis. Sugars are used primarily for the metabolic production of ATP energy and carbon sources. Trehalose is a nonreducing disaccharide that is present in many organisms. In insects, the principal hemolymph sugar is trehalose instead of glucose. As in mammals, hemolymph sugar levels in Drosophila are regulated by the action of endocrine...
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