Phenylalanine hydroxylase participation in the synthesis of serotonin and pteridines in Drosophila melanogaster

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Alcañiz, Salvador ^a   Silva, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptophan; aromatic amino acid; drosopterin; phenylalanine hydroxylase; pteridine; serotonin; tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343852931     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(96)00148-X     Document Type: Article

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