Methyl farnesoate: Crustacean juvenile hormone in search of functions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-356

  Homola, Ellen ^a,b   Chang, Ernest S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding proteins; Endocrinology; Esterases; Insects; Metamorphosis; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; SESQUITERPENOID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSTACEA; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT; MANDIBLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030763145     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00337-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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