The early gene E74B isoform is a transcriptional activator of the ecdysteroid regulatory hierarchy in mosquito vitellogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Sun, GuoQiang ^a   Zhu, Jinsong ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Ets transcription factor; Steroid hormone; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECDYSTEROIDS; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 2342507146     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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