Tissue-specific and stage-specific expression of two silkworm ecdysone receptor isoforms. Ecdysteroid-dependent transcription in cultured anterior silk glands

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 786-793

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysone receptor; Ecdysteroid; Isoform; Silk gland

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCRINE GLAND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0030865017     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00786.x     Document Type: Article

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