Insulin-mediated secretion of ecdysteroids from mosquito ovaries and molecular cloning of the insulin receptor homologue from ovaries of bloodfed Aedes aegypti

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-163

  Graf, R ^a,d   Neuenschwander, S ^a,c   Brown, M R ^b   Ackermann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; insulin receptor; mosquito; ovary

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; SUIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031149816     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1997.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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