Ventral nerve cord remodeling in a stingless bee (Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides, Hymenoptera, Apidae) depends on ecdysteroid fluctuation and programmed cell death

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Pinto, Lucimara Z ^a   Laure, Marcela A F B ^a   Bitondi, Márcia M G ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^a   Simões, Zilá L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ecdysteroid; Hymenoptera; Stingless bee; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; HYDROXYECDYSONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL DEATH; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THORAX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEES; ECDYSTEROIDS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0042526007     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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