Insulin signaling pathways in lepidopteran ecdysone secretion

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 FEB, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Smith, Wendy A ^a   Lamattina, Anthony ^a   Collins, McKensie ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroids; Insects; Insulin; Manduca sexta; Prothoracic gland; Prothoracicotropic hormone

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; BOMBYXIN; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECDYSONE SECRETION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HORMONE RELEASE; INSULIN SIGNALING; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTHORACIC GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84895492592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00019     Document Type: Article

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