The metabolism of histamine in the Drosophila optic lobe involves an ommatidial pathway: β-alanine recycles through the retina

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1399-1411

  Borycz, Janusz ^a   Borycz, Jolanta A ^a   Edwards, Tara N ^a   Boulianne, Gabrielle L ^b   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinine; Cone cell; Fly; Glia; Lamina; Photoreceptors; Pigment cell

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; CARCININE; CARNOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HISTAMINE; PIGMENT; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEAD; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPTIC LOBE; RETINA;

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARNOSINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HEAD; HISTAMINE; MUTATION; OPTIC LOBE, NONMAMMALIAN; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA; TRITIUM;

EID: 84860114408     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.060699     Document Type: Article

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