The circadian control of eclosion

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 775-794

  Myers, Edith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Circadian rhythm; Clock genes; Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysteroids; Eclosion; Lateral neurons; Manduca sexta; Rhodnius prolixus

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CUTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECLOSION; GENE; HORMONAL REGULATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MANDUCA SEXTA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENES, INSECT; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLTING;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MELANOGASTER; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 0141619260     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120024214     Document Type: Review

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