"Houseflies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Flies of the species Musca domestica (family MUSCIDAE), which infest human habitations throughout the world and often act as carriers of pathogenic organisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D006793
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.642.470
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| Concept/Terms |
Houseflies- Houseflies
- Housefly
- Musca domestica
- Musca domesticas
- domesticas, Musca
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Houseflies" by people in Profiles.
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Isaac RE, Lamango NS, Nachman RJ, Strey A, Hayes TK. Angiotensin-converting enzyme and the metabolism of regulatory peptides in insects. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997 Apr 24; 814:339-41.
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Lamango NS, Nachman RJ, Hayes TK, Strey A, Isaac RE. Hydrolysis of insect neuropeptides by an angiotensin-converting enzyme from the housefly, Musca domestica. Peptides. 1997; 18(1):47-52.
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Lamango NS, Sajid M, Isaac RE. The endopeptidase activity and the activation by Cl- of angiotensin-converting enzyme is evolutionarily conserved: purification and properties of an an angiotensin-converting enzyme from the housefly, Musca domestica. Biochem J. 1996 Mar 01; 314 ( Pt 2):639-46.
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Isaac RE, Lamango NS. Peptidyl dipeptidase activity in the haemolymph of insects. Biochem Soc Trans. 1994 Aug; 22(3):292S.
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Lamango NS, Isaac RE. Identification and properties of a peptidyl dipeptidase in the housefly, Musca domestica, that resembles mammalian angiotensin-converting enzyme. Biochem J. 1994 May 01; 299 ( Pt 3):651-7.
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Lamango NS, Isaac RE. Metabolism of insect neuropeptides: properties of a membrane-bound endopeptidase from heads of Musca domestica. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 1993 Oct; 23(7):801-8.