Differential expression of two RXR/ultraspiracle isoforms during the life cycle of the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Maestro, Oscar ^a   Cruz, Josefa ^a   Pascual, Núria ^a   Martín, David ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Ecdysone receptor; Juvenile hormone; Nuclear receptor; RXR; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; ISOPROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE III; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR LONG FORM L; RETINOID X RECEPTOR SHORT FORM S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLATTA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAT BODY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCKROACHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECDYSTEROIDS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 20444377293     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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