Drosophila melanogaster

"Drosophila melanogaster" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of fruit fly frequently used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes.

Descriptor ID	D004331
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500
Concept/Terms	Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogasters melanogaster, Drosophila D. melanogaster

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Arthropods [B01.050.500.131]
Insecta [B01.050.500.131.617]
Pterygota [B01.050.500.131.617.720]
Neoptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500]
Holometabola [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500]
Diptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750]
Drosophilidae [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310]
Drosophila [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250]
Drosophila melanogaster [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500]

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Bar chart showing 439 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 30 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	2	4
1997	5	3	8
1998	5	3	8
1999	4	3	7
2000	2	1	3
2001	5	2	7
2002	5	10	15
2003	8	7	15
2004	15	6	21
2005	10	5	15
2006	15	4	19
2007	15	5	20
2008	14	5	19
2009	17	5	22
2010	22	3	25
2011	17	4	21
2012	12	5	17
2013	13	5	18
2014	19	11	30
2015	9	10	19
2016	8	4	12
2017	4	7	11
2018	16	12	28
2019	7	5	12
2020	4	4	8
2021	3	7	10
2022	5	4	9
2023	3	4	7
2024	5	4	9
2025	5	4	9
2026	8	3	11

Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.

Velentzas PD, Chai F, Baehrecke EH. The pyruvate transporter hermes regulates autophagy and health by modulating ROS production. Cell Rep. 2026 Jul 28; 45(7):117574.

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Fluri R, Coll-Tan? M, Brunet T, Cogne B, Conrad S, Nizon M, Nicita F, Travaglini L, Novelli A, Glissmeyer M, Peterson A, Buchan JG, Serber D, Meier K, G?rtner J, Diegmann S, Pingault V, Attie-Bitach T, Courtin T, Schneider MC, Hung W, Sahai I, O'Grady L, Steindl K, Mehta SG, Depienne C, Heron D, Keren B, Heide S, McKee S, Laccone F, Dyer LM, Melver C, Motter C, Jones WD, Wilson ZT, Vats D, Hu? K, Zweier C, Sticht H, Gregor A. De novo variants in LDB1 are linked to distinct neurodevelopmental phenotypes determined by variant location and differing pathomechanisms. Am J Hum Genet. 2026 Jul 02; 113(7):1543-1557.

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Wang R, Fortier TM, Sun X, Chai F, Velentzas PD, Baehrecke EH. Cholesterol transfer proteins promote Atg-independent ER clearance by lysosomes. Cell Rep. 2026 Jun 23; 45(6):117537.

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Rai P, Bergmann A. AlphaFold3-based modeling uncovers the dynamic structural interface between full-length IAP antagonists and DIAP1 for apoptosis regulation in Drosophila. Cell Commun Signal. 2026 Apr 10; 24(1).

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Winther KG, Schneider J, Haas G, Christensen AH, Goyal S, Luo W, Wei Z, Liu J, Kj?ge K, Enghild JJ, Meignin C, Silverman N, Cai H, Imler JL, Hartmann R. FADD is recruited to activated STING oligomers to initiate caspase-mediated NF-?B activation in Drosophila melanogaster. EMBO J. 2026 May; 45(9):2965-2990.

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Paul S, Ilkhani K, Strozewski N, Yang L, Denberg DW, Christalin W, Locke V, Shvartsman SY, Veraksa A. ERK inhibits Capicua repressor function via multisite phosphorylation. J Cell Sci. 2026 Mar 15; 139(6).

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Rice NP, Ho S, Weng Z, Theurkauf WE. Rapid disassembly and Piwi-independent reassembly of Drosophila piRNA cluster heterochromatin following acute heat shock. RNA. 2026 02 17; 32(3):359-378.

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Ho S, Rice NP, Yu T, Weng Z, Theurkauf WE. Aub, Vasa, and Armi concentration in phase-separated nuage is dispensable for piRNA biogenesis and transposon silencing. RNA. 2026 02 17; 32(3):341-358.

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Restrepo LJ, Graslie JK, Fortier TM, Baehrecke EH. The conserved outer mitochondrial membrane protein Mtch regulates mitophagy during Drosophila intestinal development. PLoS Biol. 2026 Jan; 24(1):e3003616.

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Vega-Badillo J, Zamore PD, Jouravleva K. Biochemical principles of miRNA targeting in flies. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 20; 17(1):1641.

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