A new cell line from the wax moth Galleria mellonella linne (lepidoptera: pyralididae)

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Eguchi, Daisuke ^a   Iwabuchi, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell line; Fat body; Galleria mellonella

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; FAT BODY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GROWTH RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; INSECT CELL CULTURE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CULTURE MEDIA; ECDYSTERONE; FAT BODY; MOTHS;

EID: 33746295961     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.05.036     Document Type: Article

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