Ecdysteroid hormones and metabolites of the stone crab, Menipe mercenaria

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 725-735

  Wang, Wenan L ^a   Spaziani, Eugene ^a   Huang, Zhi Heng ^b   Charkowski, Dennis M ^c   Li, Yalan ^c   Liu, X Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Lab Connections Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ECDYSTEROIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MOLTING; STEROIDS;

EID: 0034212251     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000601)286:7<725::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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