Ecdysone Signaling Cascade and Regulation of Drosophila Metamorphosis

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 231-244

  Baehrecke, Eric H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Gene regulation; Metamorphosis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

ECDYSTERONE;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORECASTING; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTERONE; FORECASTING; GENES, INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029680017     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)33:3/4<231::aid-arch5>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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