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Metal ions suppress the abnormal taste behavior of the Drosophila mutant malvolio.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Jan 1998
Orgad S, Nelson H, Segal D, Nelson N
Abstract excerpt
A mutation in the malvolio (mvl) gene affects taste behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. The malvolio gene encodes a protein (MVL) that exhibits homology to the mammalian natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins. It is also homologous to the Smf1 protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which we have recently demonstrated to function as a Mn2+/Zn2+ transporter. We proposed that the Drosophila and mammalian...
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