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| Title |
Drosophila melanogaster larvae control amylase secretion according to the hardness of food
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Physiology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphys.2013.00200 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Honami Sakaguchi, Masataka G. Suzuki |
| Abstract |
Drosophila melanogaster larvae excrete amylase and perform external digestion of their food. In this study, to investigate whether their external digestion ability varies in response to changes in the external environment, we measured the relative amount of amylase excreted by larvae using a new method: the iodine starch agar method (ISAM). Analysis using this method revealed that the amount of amylase excreted by larvae increased in accordance with the increase in the agar concentration. In addition, we investigated the effect on the larval growth rate of adding amylase to the diet. Pupation occurred 24 h later in food containing 1% amylase than in food containing no amylase. These results suggest that the larvae adjust their amylase excretion in response to changes in the external environment, and that its level has a marked influence on the larval growth rate. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 6 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 21 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 26% |
| Researcher | 5 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 6 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 17% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 6 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 August 2013.
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#5,085,030
of 25,011,749 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Physiology
#2,526
of 15,369 outputs
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#51,142
of 293,128 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Physiology
#79
of 398 outputs
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