Farnesoic acid and methyl farnesoate production during lobster reproduction: Possible functional correlation with retinoid X receptor expression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-269

  Tiu, Shirley Hiu Kwan ^a   Hult, Ekaterina F ^a   Yagi, Koichiro J ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farnesoic acid biosynthesis; Lobster; Mandibular organ; Methyl farnesoate biosynthesis; Ovarian maturation; RXR

Indexed keywords

FARNESOIC ACID; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; HORMONE RECEPTOR; JUVENILE HORMONE; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HARXR GENE; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; LOBSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; VERTEBRATE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 84855252481     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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