Control of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in Bombyx mori: Cloning of the enzymes in the mevalonate pathway and assessment of their developmental expression in the corpora allata

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS, 2007, Pages 808-818

  Kinjoh, Terunori ^a   Kaneko, Yu ^a   Itoyama, Kyo ^b   Mita, Kazuei ^c   Hiruma, Kiyoshi ^a,d   Shinoda, Tetsuro ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Corpora allata; EST; JH acid O methyltransferase; Juvenile hormone; Mevalonate pathway; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 34447101522     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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