Ecdysteroid titers and developmental expression of ecdysteroid-regulated genes during metamorphosis of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 558-568

  Margam, Venu M ^a   Gelman, Dale B ^b   Palli, Subba R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Gene expression; Hormone action; Molting

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTEROID; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

COCOON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STEROID; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA, MESSENGER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 33646770346     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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