The role of the prothoracic gland in determining critical weight for metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1796-1807

  Mirth, Christen ^a   Truman, James W ^a   Riddiford, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ECDYSTEROID; INSECT HORMONE; INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; PTEN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSTEROIDS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INSECT HORMONES; INSULIN; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 27144511477     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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