Juvenile hormone synthesis by ring glands of the blowfly Lucilia cuprina

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-253

  East, P D ^a,b   Sutherland, T D ^a   Trowell, S C ^a   Herlt, A J ^a   Rickards, R W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Juvenile hormone III bisepoxide; Lucilia cuprina; Ring gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344677047     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:2<239::AID-ARCH8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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