The dare gene: Steroid hormone production, olfactory behavior, and neural degeneration in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 4591-4602

  Freeman, Marc R ^a   Dobritsa, Anna ^a   Gaines, Peter ^a,b   Segraves, William A ^a   Carlson, John R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; dare; Drosophila; Molting; Neurodegeneration; Olfaction; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOLTING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; ECDYSTERONE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; INSECT HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SMELL; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032745853     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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