The Drosophila ebony mutation (Bridges and Morgan, [1923] Publs Carnegie Inst Wash 327:50) reveals a pleiotropic phenotype with cuticular and behavioral defects. To understand Ebony function in the… (More)
Using Ebony protein either expressed in Escherichia coli or in Schneider S2 cells, we provide evidence for its substrate specificity and reaction mechanism. Ebony activates beta-alanine to… (More)
Olfactory stimulation induces an odor-guided crawling behavior of Drosophila melanogaster larvae characterized by either an attractive or a repellent reaction. In order to understand the underlying… (More)
Two strains of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria were isolated from soil samples of the Kuwait Burqan oil field at a temperature of 37 degrees C. The bacteria were motile endospore-forming rods with… (More)