Developmental regulation of granule size and numbers in larval salivary glands of Drosophila by steroid hormone ecdysone

Cell Biology International

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 671-676

  Farkaš, Robert ^a   Šuáková, Gabriela ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ecdysone; Salivary glands; Secretory granules

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME PUFF; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETORY GRANULE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 17944386821     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1999.0433     Document Type: Article

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