Stage-dependent effects of starvation on the growth, metamorphosis, and ecdysteroidogenesis by the prothoracic glands during the last larval instar of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 968-974

  Chen, Chien Hung ^a   Gu, Shi Hong ^b  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid secretion; Endoreduplication; Nutrition; Prothoracic gland; PTTH signal transduction; Silkworm; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; INSECT HORMONE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

CATERPILLAR; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PROTEIN; STARVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; ECDYSTEROIDS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 33748543271     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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