Woc (without children) gene control of ecdysone biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Warren, James T ^a   Wismar, Jasmine ^b   Subrahmanyam, Bhattiprolu ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxycholesterol; 7 Dehydrocholesterol; Cholesterol; Cholesterol 7,8 dehydrogenase; Cytochrome P450; Ecdysone biosynthesis; Zinc finger transcription factor

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 5,7 DELTA STEROL; 5BETAH CHOLESTA 7 ENE 3,6 DIONE 14ALPHA OL; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; 7,8 OXIDOREDUCTASE; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; KETOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STEROL; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLIC RATE; METAMORPHOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MUTATION; STEROIDS;

EID: 0035811512     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00404-X     Document Type: Article

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