Mosquito ecdysteroid receptor: Analysis of the cDNA and expression during vitellogenesis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 19-27

  Cho, Wen Long ^a   Kapitskaya, Marianna Z ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Ecdysone; Fat body; Ovary; Steroid receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSTEROID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VITELLOGENESIS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0029137759     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(94)00045-J     Document Type: Article

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