Drosophila EcR-B ecdysone receptor isoforms are required for larval molting and for neuron remodeling during metamorphosis

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2053-2062

  Schubiger, Margrit ^a   Wade, Andrew A ^b   Carney, Ginger E ^b   Truman, James W ^a   Bender, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ecdysone receptor; Metamorphosis; Molting; Neuron remodeling

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DELETION MUTANT; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; HYPOTHESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; GENES, LETHAL; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLTING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0031861968     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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