Changes in nuclear receptor and vitellogenin gene expression in response to steroids and heavy metal in Caenorhabditis elegans

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-71

  Novillo, Apolonia ^a   Won, Seung Jae ^a   Li, Christine ^a   Callard, Ian P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19944415593     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.1.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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