Isolation of a functional ecdysteroid receptor homologue from the ixodid tick Amblyomma americanum (L.)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 945-962

  Guo, Xiaoping ^a   Harmon, Margaret A ^b   Laudet, Vincent ^c   Mangelsdorf, David J ^b   Palmer, Melanie J ^a  

^a 127 Noble Res Ctr   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Arnblyomma americanum; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroid receptor; Tick

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTEROID RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IXODES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344382060     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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