Immunohistochemical localization of ecdysteroid receptor and ultraspiracle in the epithelial cell line from Chironomus tentans (Insecta, Diptera)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-194

  Lammerding Koppel M ^a   Spindler Barth, M ^b   Steiner, E ^a   Lezzi, M ^c   Drews, U ^a   Spindler, K D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell line; Ecdysteroid receptor; Heterodimerization; Insect; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DIMERIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0031947308     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80067-0     Document Type: Article

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