Dopa decarboxylase (Ddc) affects variation in Drosophila longevity

Nature Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-433

  De Luca, Maria ^a,b,d   Roshina, Nataliya V ^c   Geiger Thornsberry, Gretchen L ^a   Lyman, Richard F ^a   Pasyukova, Elena G ^a   Mackay, Trudy F C ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 2; CYTOGENETICS; DDC GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0043095549     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1218     Document Type: Article

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