Cloning and expression of ecdysone receptor (EcR) from the intertidal copepod, Tigriopus japonicus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-312

  Hwang, Dae Sik ^a   Lee, Jin Seon ^b   Lee, Kyun Woo ^b   Rhee, Jae Sung ^a   Han, Jeonghoon ^b   Lee, Jehee ^c   Park, Gyung Soo ^d   Lee, Young Mi ^e   Lee, Jae Seong ^a,b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^d Anyang University   (South Korea)

^e Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Copepod; Ecdysone receptor; Salinity; Temperature; Tigriopus japonicus

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TIGRIOPUS JAPONICUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARTHROPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; TIGRIOPUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 75349097510     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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