Evidence for expression of EcR and USP components of the 20-hydroxyecdysone receptor by a mosquito cell line

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-96

  Jayachandran, G ^a   Fallon, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Cell line; Constitutive expression; Steroid hormone receptor; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ECDYSTERONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0034134134     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(200002)43:2<87::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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