Nuclear receptor BgFTZ-F1 regulates molting and the timing of ecdysteroid production during nymphal development in the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3179-3191

  Cruz, Josefa ^a,b   Nieva, Claudia ^a   Mané Padrós, Daniel ^a,b   Martín, David ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Blattella germanica; FTZ F1; Nuclear hormone receptor; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR BGFTZ F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLATTA GERMANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLTING; NYMPH;

BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 55549112260     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21728     Document Type: Article

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