Role of ecdysteroids in the dynamics of insect haemolymph sugar

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 785-789

  Oda, Yasunori ^a   Uejima, Masanori ^a   Iwami, Masafumi ^a   Sakurai, Sho ^a,b  

^a Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; INSECTA;

EID: 0034238325     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.785     Document Type: Article

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