Four-way regulation of mosquito yolk protein precursor genes by juvenile hormone-, ecdysone-, nutrient-, and insulin-like peptide signaling pathways

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 MAR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hansen, Immo A ^a   Attardo, Geoffrey M ^b   Rodriguez, Stacy D ^a   Drake, Lisa L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Insulin; Juvenile hormone; Mosquito; Target of rapamycin; Vitellogenesis; Yolk proteins

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; INSULIN; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; INSULIN RECEPTOR; JUVENILE HORMONE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOLK PROTEIN; YOLK PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAT BODY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENIN A GENE;

EID: 84897938081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00103     Document Type: Review

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