Staining in the brain of Pachymorpha sexguttata mediated by an antibody against a Drosophila clock-gene product: Labeling of cells with possible importance for the beetle's circadian rhythms

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-429

  Frisch, Brigitte ^a   Fleissner, Gerta ^b   Fleissner, Günther ^b   Brandes, Christian ^a,c   Hall, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institut für Molekulare Genetik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central brain; Circadian rhythms; Immunoreactivity; Insect neurobiology; Like immunoreactivity; Optic lobes; Pachymorpha sexguttata (Insecta); PDH; PER like

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; GANGLION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BEETLES; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPTIC LOBE; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; PACHYMORPHA;

EID: 0029961486     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050711     Document Type: Article

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