tan and ebony genes regulate a novel pathway for transmitter metabolism at fly photoreceptor terminals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 10549-10557

  Borycz, Janusz ^a   Borycz, Jolanta A ^a   Loubani, Mohammed ^a   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinine ( alanyl histamine); Drosophila melanogaster; Histamine; HPLC; Mutant, black; Neurotransmitter action, termination; Sarcophaga bullata; Transmitter precursor; alanyl conjugation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BETA ALANINE; CARNICINE; DOPAMINE; HISTAMINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EBONY GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; TAN GENE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037115038     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-24-10549.2002     Document Type: Article

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