Transcriptional activation of the cloned Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera) ecdysone receptor (HvEcR) by Muristerone A

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 915-930

  Martinez, Alberto ^a   Scanlon, David ^b   Gross, Barbara ^a   Perara, Srini C ^c   Palli, Subba R ^c   Greenland, Andrew J ^a   Windass, John ^a   Pongs, Olaf ^d   Broad, Peter ^b   Jepson, Ian ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloning; Ecdysone; Gene expression; Tobacco bud worm; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GROWTH-RELATED PROTEIN P25; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; MURISTERONE A; PAL1 PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TUMOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSTERONE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033215012     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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