Nutrition: rejection is the fly's protection.
Animals need to ingest a full set of essential amino acids through their diet. A new study in Drosophila larvae describes how activation of the kinase GCN2 in three dopaminergic neurons mediates the rejection of amino-acid-imbalanced food.
Behavior and Metabolism Laboratory, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal.
Samantha L
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Herbert
Behavior and Metabolism Laboratory, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: Carlos.Ribeiro@neuro.fchampalimaud.org.
Carlos
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Ribeiro
D000601:Amino Acids, Essential / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*
D000601:Amino Acids, Essential