Nonsteroidal Ecdysone Agonists

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 73, Issue , 2005, Pages 131-173

  Nakagawa, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ECDYSONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDRAZINES; INSECTS; LARVA; OVUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PUPA;

EID: 33644836916     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(05)73005-3     Document Type: Review

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