Expression of ecdysteroid-regulated transcripts in the silk gland of the wax moth, Galleria mellonella

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 305-314

  Jindra, Marek ^a,b   Riddiford, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid; Galleria mellonella; Nuclear receptors; Silk gland; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; JUVENILE HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030461609     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050057     Document Type: Article

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