Fast induction of vitellogenin gene expression by juvenile hormone III in the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 821-827

  Comas, D ^a   Piulachs, M D ^a   Belles X ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; German cockroach; Juvenile hormone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SESQUITERPENE; VITELLOGENIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; COCKROACH; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JUVENILE HORMONE III; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0033199562     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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