An anti-juvenile hormone agent, ethyl 4-(2-benzylhexyloxy)benzoate, inhibits juvenile hormone synthesis through the suppression of the transcription of juvenile hormone biosynthetic enzymes in the corpora allata in bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 788-794

  Kaneko, Yu ^a   Furuta, Kenjiro ^b,d   Kuwano, Eiichi ^b   Hiruma Kiyoshi, K ^a,c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti juvenile hormone; Bombyx mori; Corpora allata; Ethyl 4 (2 benzylhexyloxy)benzoate; Juvenile hormone biosynthetic enzymes

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYL 4 (2 BENZYLHEXYLOXY)BENZOATE; ETHYL 4-(2-BENZYLHEXYLOXY)BENZOATE; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORPUS ALLATUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METAMORPHOSIS; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BENZOATES; BOMBYX; CORPORA ALLATA; JUVENILE HORMONES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 80051825172     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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