Synthesis and phosphorylation of ecdysteroids during ovarian development in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 721-727

  Ito, Yoichi ^a   Yasuda, Akikazu ^b   Sonobe, Haruyuki ^a  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Ecdysteroid kinase; Ecdysteroidogenesis; Microdissection; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTEROID 22 KINASE, BOMBYX MORI; ECDYSTEROID 22-KINASE, BOMBYX MORI; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OOCYTES; OVARY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ECDYSOZOA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 51549095791     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.721     Document Type: Article

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