TOR signaling is involved in PTTH-stimulated ecdysteroidogenesis by prothoracic glands in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-303

  Gu, Shi Hong ^a   Yeh, Wei Lan ^a   Young, Shun Chieh ^a   Lin, Pei Ling ^a   Li, Sheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

4E BP; Akt; Bombyx mori; ERK; PI3K; Prothoracic gland; PTTH; S6K; TOR signaling

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; ECDYSTEROID; FLAVONOID; INSECT HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; NITRILE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; RAPAMYCIN; S6 KINASE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; BUTADIENES; ECDYSTEROIDS; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT HORMONES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; NITRILES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIROLIMUS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862788394     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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