Two isoforms of the early E74 gene, an Ets transcription factor homologue, are implicated in the ecdysteroid hierarchy governing vitellogenesis of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 147-157

  Sun, Guoqiang ^a,c   Zhu, Jinsong ^a,c   Li, Chao ^a   Tu, Zhijian ^b   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Early genes; Ets transcription factor; Gene regulation; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; E74 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; E74 GENE; EMBRYO; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VITELLOGENESIS; AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0037171452     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00726-2     Document Type: Article

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