20-Hydroxyecdysone regulation of two isoforms of the Ets transcription factor E74 gene in programmed cell death in the silkworm anterior silk gland

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 581-590

  Sekimoto, T ^a,b   Iwami, M ^a   Sakurai, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior silk gland; Bombyx mori; Early gene; Ecdysone; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CELL DEATH; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34748900020     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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