Edysone receptor isoforms play distinct roles in controlling molting and metamorphosis in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 42-49

  Tan, Anjiang ^a   Palli, Subba Reddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid; Gene regulation; Metamorphosis; Nuclear receptors; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; CF1 PROTEIN, INSECT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ECDYSTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MIDGUT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PUPATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; GENES, INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLTING; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 48349083684     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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