Ecdysis triggering hormone signaling in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Dai, Li ^a   Adams, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ecdysis triggering hormone; Ecdysteroid; Eclosion; Gene expression; HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Phylogeny; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ECDYSIS TRIGGERING HORMONE 1; ECDYSIS TRIGGERING HORMONE 2; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSECT HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65049090532     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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