The ecdysone receptor puzzle

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Lezzi, M ^a   Bergman, T ^a   Mouillet, J F ^a   Henrich, V C ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Juvenile hormone; Receptor dimerization; Transactivation; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 0002259737     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1999)41:2<99::AID-ARCH6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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