An in vitro analysis of ecdysteroid-elicited cell death in the prothoracic gland of Manduca sexta

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-327

  Dai, Ji da ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Insect molting; Laddering; Manduca sexta (Insecta); Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ECDYSTEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ECDYSTERONE; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MANDUCA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032791660     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051360     Document Type: Article

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