Direct effects of hypoxia and nitric oxide on ecdysone secretion by insect prothoracic glands

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-66

  DeLalio, Leon J ^a   Dion, Sara M ^a   Bootes, Abigail M ^a   Smith, Wendy A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Hypoxia; Insect development; Nitric oxide; Prothoracic gland; Torso

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLT; NITRIC OXIDE; SECRETION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

2,2'-(HYDROXYNITROSOHYDRAZONO)BIS-ETHANAMINE; CELL RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE; INSECT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE GLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MANDUCA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ECDYSONE; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MANDUCA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84929659475     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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