Impact on salivary gland degeneration by putative ecdysteroid antagonists and agonists in the ixodid tick Amblyomma hebraeum

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-149

  Charrois, Gregory J R ^a   Mao, Helen ^a   Kaufman, W Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA HERBRAEUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODIDAE; POA;

EID: 0030158113     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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