Organization of the Drosophila genome in mutants with changes in second messenger metabolism and learning ability.
Mechanisms modifying the structural-functional organization of polytene chromosomes were studied in a Drosophila line in which the activating properties of calmodulin were altered and learning ability was increased, by treating mutants with homeopathic preparations which affect Ca2+ and F- ion metabolism. The results indicated a dominant role for Ca2+ ions and calmodulin in determining the chromocentric organization of the nucleus. F- ions, which stimulate the adenylate cyclase complex, were found not to have a role.
Medvedeva
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AV
Laboratory of Comparative Behavioral Genetics, I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
Tokmacheva
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EV
Savvateeva
E V
EV
Kornitskii
V S
VS
D000818:Animals; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004330:Drosophila; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000235:genetics; D017344:Genes, Insect; D016678:Genome; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000235:genetics*
D002147:Calmodulin