A requirement for the neuromodulators octopamine and tyramine in Drosophila melanogaster female sperm storage

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4562-4567

  Avila, Frank W ^a   Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^b   Rubinstein, C Dustin ^a   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insects; Physiology; Reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

OCTOPAMINE; TYRAMINE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INHIBITION KINETICS; INNERVATION; MALE; MATING; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATHECA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SYNTHESIS; UTERUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OCTOPAMINE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TYRAMINE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858687789     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117689109     Document Type: Article

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