Comparative analysis of Anopheles gambiae L-tyrosine decarboxylase and L-DOPA decarboxylase
A major pathway of tyramine and dopamine synthesis in insects is through the decarboxylation of tyrosine and DOPA, respectively. Although tyrosine decarboxylase (TDC) has been mentioned in some reports, it has never been critically analyzed. The high sequence identity shared by tyrosine decarboxylas...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34788 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08262010-121034/ |