Gene-Enzyme Systems in Drosophila

There was a period in the history of modern biology when proteins were thought to be "gene products" in a rather direct sense. An account of their appearance and disappearance in the course of development and differentiation thus seemed an appropriate mea

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W.J. Dickinson ·D. T. Sullivan

Gene-Enzyme Systems in Drosophila

With 32 Figures

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH 1975

Dr. WILLIAM

J. DICKINSON

Assistant Professor of Biology Department of Biology The University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA Dr. DAVID

T.

SULLIVAN

Associate Professor of Biology Department of Biology Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. 13210, USA

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of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. ©Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1975 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1975 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1975

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Dickinson, William J., 1940-. Gene-enzyme systems in drosophila. (Results and problems in cell differentiation, 6). Bibliography: p. 1. Drosophila. 2. Biochemical genetics. 3. Enzymes. 4. Insect genetics. I. Sullivan, David T., 1940- joint author. II. Title. III. Series. [DNLM: I. Drosophila-Enzymology. 2. Eye. 3. Genes. 4. Mutation. W1RE248X v. 6/QH470.D7 D553g]. QH607.R4 vol. 6 [QH470.D7] 574.8'76ls [595.7'74]. 74-17430. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.

Preface There was a period in the history of modern biology when proteins were thought to be "gene products" in a rather direct sense. An account of their appearance and disappearance in the course of development and differentiation thus seemed an appropriate means of describing "gene regulation". When RNA was found to be the immediate product of genetic activity, the study of proteins as gene products lost some of its original attraction. Indeed, the development of the powerful method of nucleic acid hybridization aroused the hope that a large array of specific