Role of calcium in the stimulation of ecdysteroidogenesis by recombinant prothoracicotropic hormone in the prothoracic glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 861-867

  Gu, Shi Hong ^a   Chow, Yien Shing ^a   O'Reilly, David R ^b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid secretion; Recombinant PTTH; Silkworms

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; ECDYSTEROID; IONOMYCIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LANTHANUM; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THAPSIGARGIN; THIOMERSAL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE GLAND; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031729381     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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