Role of the Halloween genes, Spook and Phantom in ecdysteroidogenesis in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1240-1248

  Marchal, Elisabeth ^a   Badisco, Liesbeth ^a   Verlinden, Heleen ^a   Vandersmissen, Tim ^a   Van Soest, Sofie ^a   Van Wielendaele, Pieter ^a   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroidogenesis; Halloween genes; Phantom; RNAi; Schistocerca gregaria; Spook

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ECDYSTEROID; INSECT PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; LOCUST; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BOMBYX MORI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 80052265528     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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