Hormonal regulation of actin and tubulin in an epithelial cell line from Chironomus tentans

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Fretz, A ^a,b   Spindler, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Cell line; Chironomus tentans; Cytoskeletal proteins

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; INSECTA;

ACTIN; ECDYSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; ECDYSTERONE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN;

EID: 0032612686     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1999)41:2<71::aid-arch3>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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