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Ecdysone

Known as: Cholest-7-en-6-one, 2,3,14,22,25-pentahydroxy-, (2beta,3beta,5beta,22R)-, Ecdysone [Chemical/Ingredient], Molting Hormone 
A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects.
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (15)

2,25-dideoxyecdysone2-dehydroecdysone2-deoxyecdysone20-hydroxylecdysone
In BloodMoltingProcess of secretionagonists

Broader (2)

Invertebrate HormonesSteroid hormone

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Phenotypic analysis of EcR-A mutants suggests that EcR isoforms have unique functions during Drosophila development.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila
The patterns of puffing activity have been studied during the late larval and prepupal stages of Drosophila melanogaster. On the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Early steps in ecdysteroid biosynthesis: evidence for the involvement of cytochrome P-450 enzymes.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Small heat shock proteins in Drosophila may confer thermal tolerance.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Juvenile hormone and the development of ovarian responsiveness to a brain hormone in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Dispersal of junctional particles, not internalization, during the in vivo disappearance of gap junctions
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The follicle cell epithelium of maturing ovaries of Locusta migratoria: a new biosynthetic tissue for ecdysone.
Follicle cells of maturing ovaries of Locusta migratoria are demonstrated to synthesize the moulting hormone ecdysone (2beta… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Simultaneous determination of molting and juvenile hormone titers of the greater wax moth.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Insect Hormones: Alpha Ecdysone and 20-Hydroxyecdysone in Bracken Fern
The two major molting hormones of insects, alpha ecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone, were isolated in crystalline form from dry… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Actinomycin and Puromycin: Effects on Sequential Gene Activation by Ecdysone
A temporary inhibition of RNA synthesis leads to a corresponding delay in the formation of all puffs which are stimulated by… 
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