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Role of adipokinetic hormone and adenosine in the anti-stress response in Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Jan 2000
Zemanová Milada, Stašková Tereza, Kodrík Dalibor
Abstract excerpt
The role of adipokinetic hormone (AKH) and adenosine in the anti-stress response was studied in Drosophila melanogaster larvae and adults carrying a mutation in the Akh gene (Akh(1)), the adenosine receptor gene (AdoR(1)), or in both of these genes (Akh(1) AdoR(1) double mutant). Stress was induced by starvation or by the addition of an oxidative stressor paraquat (PQ) to food. Mortality tests revealed that the...
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