Peptide Hormones, Steroid Hormones, and Puffs: Mechanisms and Models in Insect Development

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 55, Issue C, 1998, Pages 73-125

  Henrich, V C ^a   Rybczynski, R ^b   Gilbert, L I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT HORMONES; JUVENILE HORMONES; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032609577     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(08)60934-6     Document Type: Article

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