Analysis of transcriptional activity mediated by Drosophila melanogaster ecdysone receptor isoforms in a heterologous cell culture system

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-795

  Beatty, J ^a,b   Fauth, T ^a,b   Callender, J L ^a   Spindler Barth, M ^b   Henrich, V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone; Mutagenesis; Repression; Retinoid X receptor; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

CF1 PROTEIN, INSECT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR A, INSECT; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MURISTERONE A; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTERONE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845611963     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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