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Steroid-triggered, cell-autonomous death of a Drosophila motoneuron during metamorphosis

BACKGROUND: The metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster is accompanied by elimination of obsolete neurons via programmed cell death (PCD). Metamorphosis is regulated by ecdysteroids, including 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), but the roles and modes of action of hormones in regulating neuronal PCD are inc...

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Autores principales: Winbush, Ari, Weeks, Janis C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21521537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8104-6-15