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Drosophila <fruit fly, genus>

Known as: Flies, Drosophila Fruit, Fruit Flies, Drosophila, Fly, Drosophila Fruit 
A genus of small, American flies, Diptera. The best known species is D. Melanogaster, often called the fruit fly, but more correctly termed the… 
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ACF complexBRAHMACHRACDrosophila Proteins

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Drosophila melanogaster

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DrosophilidaeTephritidae

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Genetic Manipulation of Genes and Cells in the Nervous System of the Fruit Fly
Review
2011
Review
2011
FlyBase 101 – the basics of navigating FlyBase
FlyBase (http://flybase.org) is the leading database and web portal for genetic and genomic information on the fruit fly… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Effects of resveratrol on lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans
Review
2005
Review
2005
Drosophila as a model for human neurodegenerative disease.
Among many achievements in the neurodegeneration field in the past decade, two require special attention due to the huge impact… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Systematic generation of high-resolution deletion coverage of the Drosophila melanogaster genome
In fruit fly research, chromosomal deletions are indispensable tools for mapping mutations, characterizing alleles and… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
IRAK-4: A novel member of the IRAK family with the properties of an IRAK-kinase
Toll/IL-1 receptor family members are central components of host defense mechanisms in a variety of species. One well conserved… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Microbial Genes in the Human Genome: Lateral Transfer or Gene Loss?
The human genome was analyzed for evidence that genes had been laterally transferred into the genome from prokaryotic organisms… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Roles of DNA Adenine Methylation in Regulating Bacterial Gene Expression and Virulence
DNA methylation provides a mechanism by which additional information is imparted to DNA, and such epigenetic information can… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Mechanisms for selective toxicity of fipronil insecticide and its sulfone metabolite and desulfinyl photoproduct.
Fipronil, an N-phenylpyrazole with a trifluoromethylsulfinyl substituent, initiated the second generation of insecticides acting… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Vive la différence: males vs females in flies vs worms.
For 600 million years, the two best-understood metazoan species, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and fruit fly Drosophila… 
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