Membrane lipid physiology and toxin catabolism underlie ethanol and acetic acid tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3837-3850

  Montooth, Kristi L ^a   Siebenthall, Kyle T ^b   Clark, Andrew G ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid tolerance; Acetyl CoA synthetase; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Drosophila; Ethanol tolerance; Lipid mediated signaling; Membrane fluidity; Phospholipase D; SREBP

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPASE D;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ACETIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; TEMPERATURE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33750589189     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02448     Document Type: Article

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