The effects of several ecdysteroids and ecdysteroid agonists on two Drosophila imaginal disc cell lines

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 600-603

  Cottam, D M ^a   Milner, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell lines; Drosophila; Ecdysteroid agonists; Ecdysteroids

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TEBUFENOZIDE;

AGONIST; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHOLESTENES; DROSOPHILA; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROIDS; HYDRAZINES; INSECT HORMONES; INSECTICIDES; STEROIDS;

INSECTA;

EID: 0030930566     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050078     Document Type: Article

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