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Catecholamine metabolism and in vitro induction of premature cuticle melanization in wild type and pigmentation mutants of Drosophila melanogaster.
Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology - 1 Jan 1996
Walter M F, Zeineh L L, Black B C, McIvor W E, Wright T R, Biessmann H
Abstract excerpt
The major pathway leading to adult cuticle melanization in Drosophila melanogaster has been investigated by a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches. By comparing catecholamine pools in newly emerged flies and in frass (excreta) collected 1 to 4 days after eclosion from wild type with those obtained from several pigmentation mutants, the major flow of catecholamines through the pathway to an...
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