Effects of 20-hydroxyecdysone and other hormones on egg development, and identification of a vitellin-binding protein in the ovary of the tick, Amblyomma hebraeum

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 519-529

  Friesen, Kevin J ^a   Kaufman, W Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Amblyomma hebraeum; Insulin; Ixodid ticks; Juvenile hormone; Triiodothyronine (T3); Vitellin; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin; Vitellogenin receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; EGG PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE III; LIOTHYRONINE; SESQUITERPENE; VITELLOGENIN; VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR;

HORMONE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND; TICK; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ECDYSTERONE; EGG PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVARY; OVUM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SESQUITERPENES; TICKS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

EID: 2942534857     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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