Adult Drosophila melanogaster as a model for the study of glucose homeostasis

Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 523-526

  Haselton, Aaron T ^a   Fridell, Yih Woei C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone (AKH); DILP producing cells (IPCs); Drosophila insulin like peptides (DILPs); Hemolymph; Insulin Insulin like growth factor signaling (IIS)

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; DIAP2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; INSECT HORMONE; INSULIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LARVA; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; INSULIN; LARVA; MAMMALS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79952110201     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100185     Document Type: Article

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