Purine Resistant Mutants of Drosophila Are Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficient
DANIEL H. JOHNSON 1 and
THOMAS B. FRIEDMAN 1
1 Department of Zoology and College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
A deficiency for adenine phosphoribosyltransferase activity is the primary biochemical defect in mutants of Drosophila selected for resistance to purine-induced lethality.
Submitted on October 7, 1980
Revised on December 16, 1980