Molecular evolution of ultraspiracle protein (USP/RXR) in insects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hult, Ekaterina F ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^a   Chang, Belinda S W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ECDYSTEROID; INSECT PROTEIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ULTRASPIRACLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FLY; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGAND BINDING; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRICHOPTERA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80052049088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023416     Document Type: Article

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