Differences between recombinant PTTH and crude brain extracts in cAMP- mediated ecdysteroid secretion from the prothoracic glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-422

  Dedos, Skarlatos G ^a,b   Fugo, Hajime ^a   Nagata, Shinji ^b   Takamiya, Masanari ^b   Kataoka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Cyclic AMP; Ecdysone; Prothoracic gland; PTTH

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ECDYSTEROID; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM; STEROID RELEASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032929266     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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