Expression of ecdysone receptor isoforms and trehalase in the anterior silk gland of Bombyx mori during an extra larval molt and precocious pupation induced by 20-hydroxyecdysone administration

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-88

  Kamimura, Manabu ^a   Takahashi, Michiyoshi ^a   Tomita, Shuichiro ^a   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^b   Kiuchi, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Ecdysteroid; Juvenile hormone; Silk gland; Silkworm; Trehalase

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA;

EID: 0001799699     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1999)41:2<79::aid-arch4>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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