Steroid hormone signaling is involved in the age-dependent behavioral response to sex pheromone in the adult male moth Agrotis ipsilon

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-66

  Duportets, Line ^a,b   Maria, Annick ^a   Vitecek, Simon ^c,d   Gadenne, Christophe ^c,e   Debernard, Stéphane ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Insect; Olfactory plasticity; Sexual behavior; Signaling pathway; Steroid receptor

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITACIN B; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SEX PHEROMONE; STEROID HORMONE; ULTRASPIRACLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AGROTIS IPSILON; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNAL LOBE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY PLASTICITY; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84875798214     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.024     Document Type: Article

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