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Effect of the apterous 56f mutation on N-acetyltransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities in Drosophila melanogaster females

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Alkaline phosphatase (AP) and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activities were studied in 1-day-old Drosophila melanogaster females of the apterous 56f (ap 56f) strain, having an decreased level of the juvenile hormone (JH) and a increased level of dopamine as a result of the mutation, and in the Canton S ancestral wild-type strain in the normal conditions and upon an experimental increase in JH titer. The AP and NAT activities in ap 56f females were significantly lower than in Canton S females in the norm. JH application increased the AP activity of mutant females to the level characteristic to JH-treated wild-type females.

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    E. V. Bogomolova, N. V. Adonyeva, N. E. Gruntenko & I. Yu. Rauschenbach

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Bogomolova, N.V. Adonyeva, N.E. Gruntenko, I.Yu. Rauschenbach, 2008, published in Genetika, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 710–712.

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Bogomolova, E.V., Adonyeva, N.V., Gruntenko, N.E. et al. Effect of the apterous 56f mutation on N-acetyltransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities in Drosophila melanogaster females. Russ J Genet 44, 617–619 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795408050153

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