Investigation of the endocrine system in extended longevity lines of Drosophila melanogaster

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 997-1006

  Harshman, Lawrence G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Drosophila melanogaster; Endocrinology; Hormones; Longevity; Selected lines

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ESTERASE; JUVENILE HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTEROIDS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; LONGEVITY; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032754752     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(99)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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