Control of ecdysteroidogenesis: Activation and inhibition of prothoracic gland activity

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 205-216

  Gilbert, Lawrence I ^a   Song, Qisheng ^a   Rybczynski, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Ecdysone receptor; Feedback inhibition; Neuropeptide; Phosphorylation; Translation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ECDYSONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ECDYSTEROIDS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEEDBACK; INSECT HORMONES; INSECTS; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031389729     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02480376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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