Copper homeostasis in Drosophila by complex interplay of import, storage and behavioral avoidance

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1035-1044

  Balamurugan, Kuppusamy ^a   Egli, Dieter ^a   Hua, Haiqing ^a   Rajaram, Rama ^a   Seisenbacher, Gerhard ^a   Georgiev, Oleg ^a   Schaffner, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Copper toxicity; Ctr1; Metallothioneins; MTF 1; Taste recognition; Trace element

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE CELL; MENKES SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COPPER; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33847216851     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601543     Document Type: Article

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