Spatial expression of the mevalonate enzymes involved in juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the corpora allata in Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 798-804

  Ueda, Hiroto ^a   Shinoda, Tetsuro ^b   Hiruma, Kiyoshi ^a,c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Corpora allata; Enzyme; In situ hybridization; Juvenile hormone; Mevalonate pathway

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; MEVALONIC ACID;

COMPLEXATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOGENEITY; HORMONE; JUVENILE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTH; RNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORPUS ALLATUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; SILKWORM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CORPORA ALLATA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; MEVALONIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67650457336     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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