Recent topics on the regulatory mechanism of ecdysteroidogenesis by the prothoracic glands in insects

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdys teroidgenesis; Innervating neuron; Neuropeptide; Peripheral neurosecretory cell; Prothoracic gland; Prothoracicostatic factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874353500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00107     Document Type: Short Survey

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