Calcium homeostasis in larval and adult Drosophila melanogaster

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Dube, K A ^a,b   McDonald, D G ^a   O'Donnell, M J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nicholas Beaver Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium homeostasis; Diet; Drosophila; Epithelial transport; Malpighian tubule

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MALPIGHIA; MELANOGASTER;

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; HOMEOSTASIS; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HOMEOSTASIS; LARVA; MALE;

EID: 0034181574     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(200005)44:1<27::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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