A conditional rescue system reveals essential functions for the ecdysone receptor (EcR) gene during molting and metamorphosis in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2897-2905

  Li, Tong Ruei ^a   Bender, Michael ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ecdysone; Ecdysone receptor; Imaginal disc; Metamorphosis; Molting; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLTING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033944751     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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