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Time course of response of Kc cells to ecdysone

ABSTRACT: The changes in transcript titers are described for Drosophila Kc167 cells following 5-48 hr treatment with 20-hydroxyecdysone. Keywords: hormone response RNA from ecdysone-treated cells was compared to RNA from cells treated with carrier alone. A total of 3-13 slides were analyzed for each time point, each from a separate biological sample; dye-swaps were included.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Lucy Cherbas

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10926 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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