Molecular cloning and expression analysis of ecdysone receptor and retinoid X receptor from the kuruma prawn, Marsupenaeus japonicus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-150

  Asazuma, Hideaki ^a   Nagata, Shinji ^a   Kono, Michiko ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecdysone receptor; Marsupenaeus japonicus; Molting mechanism; Retinoid X Receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; HEPATOPANCREAS; LIGAND BINDING; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHRIMP;

HEXAPODA; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547483402     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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