Catecholamine metabolism and in vitro induction of premature cuticle melanization in wild type and pigmentation mutants of Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:2<219::AID-ARCH9>3.0.CO;2-U

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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

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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...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Catecholamines
Dopa Decarboxylase
Drosophila
Genes, Insect
Melanins
Models, Biological
Mutation
Phenotype

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