Involvement of microtubules in prothoracicotropic hormone-stimulated ecdysteroidogenesis by insect (Manduca sexta) prothoracic glands

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Watson, R Douglas ^a   Ackerman Morris, Shari ^b   Smith, Wendy A ^b   Watson, Collin J ^c   Bollenbacher, Walter E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOCHALASIN D; ECDYSTEROID; INSECT HORMONE; NOCODAZOLE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE GLAND; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOCHALASIN D; ECDYSTEROIDS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; INSECT HORMONES; MANDUCA; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; NOCODAZOLE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0030249473     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19960901)276:1<63::AID-JEZ7>3.3.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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