The hormonal coordination of behavior and physiology at adult ecdysis in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3037-3048

  Baker, James D ^a   McNabb, Susan L ^a   Truman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysis triggering hormone; Eclosion; Eclosion hormone; Hormone; Peptide; Trachea

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ECLOSION HORMONE; INSECT HORMONE; MANDUCA SEXTA ECDYSIS TRIGGERING HORMONE; MANDUCA SEXTA ECDYSIS-TRIGGERING HORMONE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLTING; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLIC GMP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECT HORMONES; KINETICS; MANDUCA; MOLTING; MUTATION; PEPTIDES;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033230668     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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