Regulation of crustacean molting: A review and our perspectives

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-330

  Chang, Ernest S ^a   Mykles, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Crustacean; Decapod; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroid; Molting

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSTACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 79957848653     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.003     Document Type: Review

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