Ance, a Drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue, is expressed in imaginal cells during metamorphosis and is regulated by the steroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 187-193

  Siviter, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Christine A M ^a   Cottam, Deborah M ^a   Denton, Adrian ^a   Dani, M Paulina ^a   Milner, Martin J ^a   Shirras, Alan D ^a   Isaac, R Elwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaginal disc; Insect development; Peptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; HORMONES; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

IMAGINAL MIDGUT CELLS; METAMORPHISM;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ECDYSTERONE; PROTEIN ANCE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANCE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MIDGUT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WING;

EID: 0036799146     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020567     Document Type: Article

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