Molecular determinants of differential ligand sensitivities of insect ecdysteroid receptors

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3870-3879

  Wang, Sheng Fu ^a   Ayer, Stephen ^b   Segraves, William A ^b   Williams, Daryl R ^c   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; LIGAND; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; INSECT; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTERONE; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034122789     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.11.3870-3879.2000     Document Type: Article

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