DNA binding properties of the ecdysteroid receptor in the salivary gland of the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 947-957

  Mao, Helen ^a   Reuben Kaufman, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid receptor; Hsp27 EcRE; Ixodid tick; Salivary gland; USP

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTEROID RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27 KINASE; HORMONE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SALIVARY GLAND; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLULOSE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS; INSECTA; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032435804     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(98)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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