Induction of larval ecdysis by ecdysone in the non-molting glossy (nm-g) mutant larvae of Bombyx mori.

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-115

  Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Bombyx mori; ecdysone; ecdysteroid deficient mutant

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444570086     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.67.109     Document Type: Article

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