Ecdysone receptor expression and activity in adult Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 899-907

  Schwedes, Christoph ^a   Tulsiani, Siddharth ^a   Carney, Ginger E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Ecdysone receptor; EcR; Nuclear hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

CF1 PROTEIN, INSECT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR A, INSECT; INSECT PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILITY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STEROID;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; MALE; METABOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MALE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79959873575     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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