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drosopterin

Known as: (Z)-(+)-2-amino-6-(1-(2-amino-1,4,7,8-tetrahydro- 4-oxo-6-pteridinyl)-3-hydroxy-2-oxopropylidene)- 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4(1H)-pteridinone, droso-pterin 
 
National Institutes of Health

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Pteridines

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2009
2009
How dewlap color reflects its carotenoid and pterin content in male and female brown anoles (Norops sagrei).
Sexually selected colors in animals can be created by multiple pigments (e.g., carotenoids, melanins, pterins), but how these… Expand
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
COUNTERGRADIENT VARIATION IN THE SEXUAL COLORATION OF GUPPIES (POECILIA RETICULATA): DROSOPTERIN SYNTHESIS BALANCES CAROTENOID AVAILABILITY
Abstract Trinidad guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are distributed along an environmental gradient in carotenoid availability that… Expand
2004
2004
Control of drosopterin synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster: Mutants showing an altered pattern of GTP cyclohydrolase activity during development
The reaction catalyzed by GTP cyclohydrolase is the first unique step of pteridine biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster and is… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Carotenoid scarcity, synthetic pteridine pigments and the evolution of sexual coloration in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Carotenoid–based sexual coloration is the classic example of an honest signal of mate quality. Animals cannot synthesize… Expand
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1999
1999
RACIAL DIVERGENCE IN STERNOPLEURAL BRISTLES AMONG THE PARENTAL RACES AND THE NEWLY EVOLVED CYTORACES 1 AND 2 OF THE NASUTA-ALBOMICANS COMPLEX OF DROSO PHILA
 
1982
1982
A naturally occurring pyrimidodiazepine in Drosophila: chemical and spectral properties and relationship to drosopterin.
The structure of an intermediate, in drosopterin biosynthesis, as 6-acetylpyrimidodiazepine has been confirmed by high-resolution… Expand
1981
1981
The isolation and identification of an intermediate involved in the biosynthesis of drosopterin in Drosophila melanogaster.
A compound that is involved in the biosynthesis of the drosopterin eye pigments has been isolated from the heads of Drosophila… Expand
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1977
1977
EVOLUTION AT THE α‐GPDH LOCUS IN DROSOPHILIDAE
The study of enzyme polymorphism in natural populations of different species of Drosophila has lately been one of the main… Expand
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
STUDIES ON FINE STRUCTURE AND CYTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ERYTHROPHORES IN SWORDTAIL, XIPHOPHORUS HELLERI, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR PIGMENT GRANULES (PTERINOSOMES)
  • J. Matsumoto
  • The Journal of cell biology
  • 1965
    • Corpus ID: 112120
The fine structure and the composition of pteridine pigments of erythrophores in adults of the swordtail fish, Xiphophorus… Expand
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1962
1962
Drosopterins in the Throat-Fans of Some Puerto Rican Lizards
Two major groups of pigments were discovered recently in the throat-fans of Puerto Rican lizards of the genus Anolis1. Yellow… Expand
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