Ecdysteroid hormone titer and its relationship to vitellogenesis in the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-380

  Ogihara, Kazumasa ^a   Horigane, Mari ^a   Nakajima, Yoshiro ^b   Moribayashi, Atsuko ^c   Taylor, DeMar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Argasidae ticks; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroids; Ornithodoros moubata; Ovarian development; Oviposition; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID METABOLISM; TICK; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 33845923675     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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