Differences in environmental temperature, ethanol and sucrose associated with enzyme activity and weight changes in Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-145

  Pecsenye, K ^a,b   Lefkovitch, L P ^c   Giles, B E ^a   Saura, A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Drosophila melanogaster; Enzyme activity changes; Ethanol treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; OCTANOL DEHYDROGENASE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LARVA; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030087971     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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