The role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in stimulating DNA synthesis in corpora allata of the silkworm, Bombyx mort

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 134-140

  Chiang, Ann Shyn ^a   Chen, Shu Fang ^a   Chang, Li Hsueh ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CORPUS ALLATUM; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEMOLYMPH; MOLTING; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

EID: 0031013526     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6814     Document Type: Article

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