Ecdysteroid receptor from the American lobster Homarus americanus: EcR/RXR isoform cloning and ligand-binding properties

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 346-355

  Tarrant, Ann M ^a   Behrendt, Lars ^a   Stegeman, John J ^a   Verslycke, Tim ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Crustacean; Ligand; Ponasterone A; Retinoid; Tebufenozide

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MURISTERONE A; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PONASTERONE A; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; TEBUFENOZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMERICAN LOBSTER; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LOBSTER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79961129317     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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