Gene encoding the prothoracicotropic hormone of a moth is expressed in the brain and gut

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Pérez Hedo, Meritxell ^a   Pena, Ramona N ^a   Sehnal, František ^b   Eizaguirre, Matilde ^a  

^a Centre R+D de Lleida   (Spain)

^b Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brain; Ecdysteroids; Gut; Insect development; PTTH

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SESAMIA NONAGRIOIDES;

EID: 77958449760     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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