Differential regulation of ecdysteroidogenic P450 gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2808-2814

  Yamanaka, Naoki ^a   Honda, Naoko ^a   Osato, Noe ^a   Niwa, Ryusuke ^a,c   Mizoguchi, Akira ^b   Kataoka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid; FMRFamide; Juvenile hormone; P450; Prothoracicotropic hormone

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; HORMONES;

ECDYSTEROIDS; JUVENILE HORMONES; PROTHORACIC GLANDS; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 36448944742     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70420     Document Type: Article

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