Towards Coleoptera-specific high-throughput screening systems for compounds with ecdysone activity: development of EcR reporter assays using weevil (Anthonomus grandis)-derived cell lines and in silico analysis of ligand binding to A. grandis EcR ligand-binding pocket

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 523-534

  Soin, Thomas ^a   Iga, Masatoshi ^a   Swevers, Luc ^b   Rougé, Pierre ^c   Janssen, Colin R ^d   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d Faculty of Bioscience Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Anthonomus grandis; Cell line; Coleoptera; Dibenzoylhydrazine analogues; Ecdysone agonist; Ecdysone receptor; Ligand binding pocket

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67650568963     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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