The juvenile hormone signaling pathway in insect development

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-204

  Jindra, Marek ^a   Palli, Subba R ^b   Riddiford, Lynn M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

broad; Drosophila; ecdysone; Kr ppel homolog; metamorphosis; Methoprene tolerant; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; METHOPRENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECTS; JUVENILE HORMONES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; METHOPRENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84873056032     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153700     Document Type: Review

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