Article
Molecular and biochemical characterization of the aaNAT1 (Dat) locus in Drosophila melanogaster: differential expression of two gene products.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Jul 1998
Brodbeck D, Amherd R, Callaerts P, Hintermann E, Meyer U A, Affolter M
Abstract excerpt
In insects, arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferases (AANATs) have been implicated in several physiological processes, including sclerotization, inactivation of certain neurotransmitters, and, similar to the function in vertebrates, catalysis of the rate-limiting step in melatonin biosynthesis. Here,...
Topics
- Alternative Splicing
- Animals
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- Brain
- Circadian Rhythm
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Complementary
- Digestive System
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Exons
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Genes, Insect
- Insect Proteins
- Isoenzymes
- Mutation