Distinct roles of Broad isoforms in regulation of the 20-hydroxyecdysone effector gene, Vitellogenin, in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Zhu, Jinsong ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C2H2 type zinc finger; Mosquito; RNA interference; Steroid hormone; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; GENE PRODUCT; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BR; PROTEIN Z1; PROTEIN Z2; PROTEIN Z3; PROTEIN Z4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BR GENE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; VG GENE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTERONE; FAT BODY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 33847331697     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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