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Hexokinase isozyme variability in Drosophila robusta

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Several isozymes of hexokinase have been found in Drosophila robusta. These have been defined in this paper in several dimensions, including genetic variation, ontogenic variation, tissue-organ variation, and substrate specificity.

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  1. Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Conrad Knutsen, Charles F. Sing & George J. Brewer

  2. Department of Medicine (Simpson Memorial Institute), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    George J. Brewer

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The work reported in this paper was supported in part by USPHS grant AM 09381, USPHS Career Development Award 1-K3-AM 7959 (GJB), and by Contract AT (11-1)-1152, Atomic Energy Commission, and in part by the Research and Development Command, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, under Contract DA-49-193-MD-2855 with the Department of Medicine, University of Michigan. This is contribution No. 662 from the Army Research Program on Malaria.

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Knutsen, C., Sing, C.F. & Brewer, G.J. Hexokinase isozyme variability in Drosophila robusta . Biochem Genet 3, 475–483 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485607

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