Hormonal regulation of the expression of two storage proteins in the larval fat body of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 551-559

  Godlewski, Jakub ^a,c   Kłudkiewicz, Barbara ^b   Grzelak, Krystyna ^b   Berȩsewicz, Małgorzata ^a   Cymborowski, Bronisław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Galleria mellonella; Hexamerins; Juvenile hormone; Stage specific gene expression; Storage proteins

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0038687066     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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