Hmgcr in the Corpus Allatum Controls Sexual Dimorphism of Locomotor Activity and Body Size via the Insulin Pathway in Drosophila

Yesser Hadj Belgacem; Jean-René Martin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000187

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Hmgcr in the Corpus Allatum Controls Sexual Dimorphism of Locomotor Activity and Body Size via the Insulin Pathway in Drosophila

Yesser Hadj Belgacem,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (NBCM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité UPR-9040, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Jean-René Martin

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jean-rene.martin@inaf.cnrs-gif.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (NBCM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité UPR-9040, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Hmgcr in the Corpus Allatum Controls Sexual Dimorphism of Locomotor Activity and Body Size via the Insulin Pathway in Drosophila

Yesser Hadj Belgacem,
Jean-René Martin

Published: January 31, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000187

About the Authors

Yesser Hadj Belgacem

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (NBCM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité UPR-9040, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Jean-René Martin

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jean-rene.martin@inaf.cnrs-gif.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (NBCM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité UPR-9040, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM YB. Performed the experiments: YB. Analyzed the data: JM YB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM. Wrote the paper: JM YB.

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