Nuclear receptor HR4 plays an essential role in the ecdysteroid-triggered gene cascade in the development of the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 322-330

  Mané Padrós, Daniel ^a   Borràs Castells, Ferran ^a   Belles, Xavier ^a   Martín, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Blattella germanica; Hemimetabolous insect; Metamorphosis; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

BGHR4 PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BGE75 GENE; BGFTZ F1 GENE; BGHR3 GENE; BLATTA GERMANICA; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80755128377     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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