A possible role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in embryonic development of the silkworm Bombyx mori

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 111-120

  Makka, Toshihiro ^a   Seino, Atsushi ^b   Tomita, Shuichiro ^b   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^c   Sonobe, Haruyuki ^a  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Ecdysteroids; Ecdysteroids receptor; Embryogenesis; Ligand binding; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PONASTERONE A; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DIMERIZATION; ECDYSTEROIDS; ECDYSTERONE; OVUM; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0036830978     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10055     Document Type: Article

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