Molecular characterization and developmental expression of the gene encoding the prothoracicotropic hormone in the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-472

  Xu, Jun ^a   Su, JianYa ^c   Shen, JinLiang ^c   Xu, WeiHua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular characterization; Northern blot; Prothoracicotropic hormone; Spodoptera exigua; Whole mount immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPODOPTERA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 34547151073     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0060-y     Document Type: Article

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