Insulin stimulates ecdysteroidogenesis by prothoracic glands in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-179

  Gu, Shi Hong ^a   Lin, Ju Ling ^a   Lin, Pei Ling ^a   Chen, Chien Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Akt phosphorylation; Bombyx mori; Ecdysteroidogenesis; In vivo; Insulin; Insulin receptor; PI3K; Prothoracic gland; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; INSECT PROTEIN; INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILKWORM;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; BRAIN; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ECDYSTEROIDS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; INSULIN; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BOMBYX MORI; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 61349171234     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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