Ecdysteroid titers in mated and unmated Drosophila melanogaster females

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 571-577

  Harshman, Lawrence G ^a   Loeb, Anne M ^a   Johnson, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroid titers

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; YOLK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VITELLOGENESIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033012045     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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