Programmed cell death specifically eliminates one part of a locust pleuroaxillary muscle after the imaginal moult

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2367-2382

  Meuser, Susanne ^a,b   Pflüger, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Cycloheximide; Degeneration; Development; Hormone; Locusta migratoria; Motor neurone; Muscle subunit; Programmed cell death; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0031662455     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201.16.2367     Document Type: Article

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