EcR-B1 and Usp nuclear hormone receptors regulate expression of the VM32E eggshell gene during Drosophila oogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 541-551

  Bernardi, Fabio ^a   Romani, Patrizia ^a   Tzertzinis, George ^b   Gargiulo, Giuseppe ^a   Cavaliere, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ecdysone signaling; EcR; Eggshell; Usp; VM26A.2; VM32E

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR B1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ULTRASPIRACLE NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VM32E PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DROSOPHILA; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 63349105922     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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