Multiple control of ecdysone biosynthesis in blowfly larvae: Interaction of ecdysiotropins and ecdysiostatins

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 125-134

  Hua, Yue Jin ^a,b   Jiang, Rong Jing ^a   Koolman, Jan ^a,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Institute of Physiological Chemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecdysiostatin; Ecdysiotropin; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroid; Prothoracic gland; PTSH; PTTH

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000717389     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)35:1/2<125::aid-arch11>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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