Manduca sexta prothoracicotropic hormone: Evidence for a role beyond steroidogenesis

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-229

  Rybczynski, Robert ^a   Snyder, Chelsea A ^a   Hartmann, John ^a   Gilbert, Lawrence I ^a   Sakurai, Sho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ECDYSTEROID; INSECT HORMONE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ECDYSTEROIDS; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; MOTHS; PUPA;

EID: 64849091871     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20295     Document Type: Article

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