Molecular cloning of an ecdysone receptor (B1 isoform) homologue from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, and its mRNA expression during wing disc development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-347

  Kamimura, Manabu ^b   Tomita, Shuichiro ^b   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

5' untranslated region; B1 isoform; Bombyx mori; ecdysone receptor; ecdysteroid; EcR; metamorphosis; silk glands; silkworm; wing disc

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029872795     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02032-2     Document Type: Article

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