The ecdysone agonist tebufenozide (RH-5992) blocks the progression into the ecdysteroid-induced regulatory cascade and arrests silkmoth oogenesis at mid-vitellogenesis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 955-963

  Swevers, Luc ^a   Iatrou, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Developmental arrest; Ecdysteroid agonist; Oogenesis; RH 5992

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE; INSECTICIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TEBUFENOZIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHORION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SILKWORM; VITELLOGENESIS;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0032751915     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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