Identification of a developmentally regulated gene, esr16, in the tracheal epithelium of Manduca sexta, with homology to a protein from human epididymis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-11

  Mészáros, Melinda ^a   Morton, David B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Ecdysteroid; Epididymis; Gene regulation; Manduca; Tracheae

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ECDYSTERONE; ESR16 PROTEIN, MANDUCA SEXTA; GLYCOPROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NPC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0030046364     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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