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A rapid and accurate method of measuring the relative in vivo stability of Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase is presented. The potential of this technique for examining posttranslational control of in vivo enzyme concentrations is discussed.
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This work was supported by NSF grant #DEB 7815466 to J.M.
Journal Paper No. J-9977 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. Project No. 2272.
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Anderson, S.M., McDonald, J.F. A method for determining the in vivo stability of Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase (E.C.1.1.1.1.). Biochem Genet 19, 411–419 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00504284
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