Juvenile hormone acid methyl transferase is a key regulatory enzyme for juvenile hormone synthesis in the eri silkworm, Samia cynthica ricini

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-154

  Sheng, Zhentao ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Cao, Mei Xun ^a   Jiang, Rong Jing ^a   Li, Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Juvenile hormone; Juvenile hormone acid methyl transferase 3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA reductase; Samia cynthia ricini

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; JUVENILE HORMONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS ALLATUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CORPORA ALLATA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS;

BOMBYX MORI; SAMIA; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI;

EID: 58049209288     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20268     Document Type: Article

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