Two distinct subpopulations of ecdysone receptor complex in the female mosquito during vitellogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Miura, Ken ^a   Wang, Sheng Fu ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a Programs Genet Cell Molec B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Aedes aegypti; Ecdysone receptor; Reproduction, Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIMERIZATION; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0032823999     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00136-7     Document Type: Article

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