Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of the Gene Encoding DDC in the Ant Polyrhachis vicina Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
L-3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase (DDC) is an important enzyme which catalyses L-dopa decarboxylation to dopamine in the synthesis of catecholamine neurotransmitters and (5-HTP) to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). In this paper, a DDC homologue was isolated from Polyrhachis vicinna Roger (Hymen...
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Sociobiology |
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| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/895 |