Analysis of ecdysteroidogenic activity of the prothoracic glands during the last larval instar of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Gu, Shi Hong ^a   Chow, Yien Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; cAMP; Development; Ecdysteroidogenesis; Last larval instar; Phosphodiesterase; Prothoracicotropic hormone; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ALANYL TRYPTOPHYL GLUTAMINYL ASPARTYL LEUCYL ASPARAGYL SERYL ALANYL TRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ALANYL-TRYPTOPHYL-GLUTAMINYL-ASPARTYL-LEUCYL-ASPARAGYL-SERYL-ALANYL-TRYPTOPHANAMIDE; BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; ECDYSTEROID; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SILKWORM;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PUPA;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 12744259973     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20029     Document Type: Article

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