Molecular cloning, expression analysis and functional confirmation of ecdysone receptor and ultraspiracle from the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 4114-4128

  Ogura, Takehiko ^a   Minakuchi, Chieka ^a,c   Nakagawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Smagghe, Guy ^b   Miyagawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Ecdysone receptor (EcR); Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Ponasterone A; Ultraspiracle (USP)

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; PONASTERONE A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 23844535443     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04823.x     Document Type: Article

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