Differential incorporation of cholesterol and cholesterol derivatives into ecdysteroids by the larval ring glands and adult ovaries of Drosophila melanogaster: A putative explanation for the l(3)ecd1 mutation

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 931-943

  Warren, James T ^a   Bachmann, Jane S ^a   Dai, Ji Da ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxycholesterol; Ecdysoneless; Ecdysteroidogenesis; Ovary; Ring gland

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYECDYSONE; 25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7 DEHYDRO 25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTEROIDS; INSECT HORMONE; STEROID; STEROL; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LARVA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SECRETION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; INSECT HORMONES; ISOTOPE LABELING; LARVA; OVARY; STEROIDS; STEROLS; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030240461     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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