Hormonal signal amplification mediates environmental conditions during development and controls an irreversible commitment to adulthood

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schaedel, Oren N ^a   Gerisch, Birgit ^b   Antebi, Adam ^b,c   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAFACHRONIC ACID; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DAF 12; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; DAF 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HORMONE; PHEROMONE;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDERMIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLESTENES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HORMONES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 84859956529     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001306     Document Type: Article

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