"Dopa Decarboxylase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES, this enzyme is responsible for the conversion of DOPA to DOPAMINE. It is of clinical importance in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D004296
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.520.224.125.100.500
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dopa Decarboxylase" by people in Profiles.
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Christie AE, Fontanilla TM, Roncalli V, Cieslak MC, Lenz PH. Identification and developmental expression of the enzymes responsible for dopamine, histamine, octopamine and serotonin biosynthesis in the copepod crustacean Calanus finmarchicus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2014 Jan 01; 195:28-39.
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Wilder JA, Dyreson EG, O'Neill RJ, Spangler ML, Gupta R, Wilder AS, Hollocher H. Contrasting modes of natural selection acting on pigmentation genes in the Drosophila dunni subgroup. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2004 Sep 15; 302(5):469-82.
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Lundell MJ, Hirsh J. eagle is required for the specification of serotonin neurons and other neuroblast 7-3 progeny in the Drosophila CNS. Development. 1998 Feb; 125(3):463-72.
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Lundell MJ, Hirsh J. Temporal and spatial development of serotonin and dopamine neurons in the Drosophila CNS. Dev Biol. 1994 Oct; 165(2):385-96.
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Lundell MJ, Hirsh J. The zfh-2 gene product is a potential regulator of neuron-specific dopa decarboxylase gene expression in Drosophila. Dev Biol. 1992 Nov; 154(1):84-94.