The ecdysone regulatory cascade and ovarian development in lepidopteran insects: Insights from the silkmoth paradigm

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1285-1297

  Swevers, Luc ^a   Iatrou, Kostas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Choriogenesis; Developmental program; Ecdysone; GATA transcription factors; Insect oogenesis; Insulin receptor; Nuclear hormone receptors; Silkmoth; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0345447053     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2003.06.012     Document Type: Article

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