Binding affinity of nonsteroidal ecdysone agonists against the ecdysone receptor complex determines the strength of their molting hormonal activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4095-4104

  Minakuchi, Chieka ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Kamimura, Manabu ^b   Miyagawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dibenzoylhydrazines; Dissociation constant; Ecdysone receptor; Nuclear receptor; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MAKISTERONE A; PONASTERONE A; TEBUFENOZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGAND BINDING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTERONE; LEPIDOPTERA; RECEPTORS, STEROID;

CHILO; CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0142088889     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03801.x     Document Type: Article

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