Serotonin synthesis by two distinct enzymes in Drosophila melanogaster

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-31

  Coleman, Chandra M ^a   Neckameyer, Wendi S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acid hydroxylase; Drosophila; Serotonin; Tpyptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

ALPHA-METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; CATECHOLAMINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATECHOLAMINES; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTONIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 19644363458     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20050     Document Type: Article

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