Conversion of 3-oxo steroids into ecdysteroids triggers molting and expression of 20E-inducible genes in Drosophila melanogaster

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-566

  Ono, Hajime ^a   Morita, Sayo ^a   Asakura, Ichiyoh ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Oxo steroid; Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroidogenesis; Molting

Indexed keywords

5BETA[H]CHOLESTA 7 ENE 3,6 DIONE 14ALPHA OL(DIKETOL); CHOLESTA 4,7 DIENE 3,6 DIONE 14ALPHA OL(DELTA4 DIKETOL); ECDYSTEROID; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTANONES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLTING; RNA INTERFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84860683034     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.04.045     Document Type: Article

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