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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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2,25-dideoxyecdysone
2-dehydroecdysone
2-deoxyecdysone
20-hydroxylecdysone
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In Blood
Molting
Process of secretion
agonists
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Broader (2)
Invertebrate Hormones
Steroid hormone
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1989
1989
Characterization of a putative transcription factor gene expressed in the 20-OH-ecdysone inducible puff 74EF in Drosophila melanogaster.
R. Janknecht
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W. Taube
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H. Lüdecke
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O. Pongs
Nucleic Acids Research
1989
Corpus ID: 1742536
Drosophila melanogaster DNA has been cloned which encompasses the major part of the 20-OH-ecdysone inducible puff 74EF. One 20-OH…
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1985
1985
Involvement of 3-dehydroecdysone in the 3-epimerization of ecdysone.
N. Milner
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H. Rees
Biochemical Journal
1985
Corpus ID: 34105719
The epimerization of ecdysone to 3-epiecdysone has been investigated in a dialysed cytosolic enzyme preparation from midgut of…
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1978
1978
Ecdysone 20-hydroxylase in midgut mitochondria of Manduca sexta (L.).
R. T. Mayer
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J. A. Svoboda
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G. Weirich
Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift für physiologische…
1978
Corpus ID: 1353082
The conversion of alpha-ecdysone to 20-hydroxyecdysone in the midgut of Manduca sexta (L.) was found to be catalyzed by a…
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1978
1978
Ecdysone oxidase in insects.
J. Koolman
Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift für physiologische…
1978
Corpus ID: 24799278
The occurrence of the enzyme ecdysone oxidase was demonstrated in several insect species. In blowflies it was detected mainly in…
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1978
1978
Ecdysone oxidase: reaction and specificity.
J. Koolman
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P. Karlson
European Journal of Biochemistry
1978
Corpus ID: 19325287
Ecdysone oxidase oxidizes 3-hydroxysteroids of the excysteroid type irreversibly to 3-dehydro derivatives. The hydrogen of the…
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1974
1974
Comparative study of the function of polytene chromosomes in laboratory stocks of Drosophila melanogaster and the l(3)tl mutant (lethal tumorous larvae)
I. Zhimulev
Chromosoma
1974
Corpus ID: 25114447
A study of the puffing pattern of the salivary gland autosomes of D. melanogaster was performed through the last 24 hours of…
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1970
1970
Inactivation of alpha-ecdysone and cyasterone by larvae of the fleshfly, Sarcophaga peregrina, and pupae of the silkworm, Samia cynthia.
T. Otaki
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C. Williams
The Biological Bulletin
1970
Corpus ID: 34200191
1. The phytoecdysone, cyasterone, is twice as active as authentic α-ecdysone when injected into mature larvae of the fleshfly…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Control of gene activities in the polytene chromosomes of Chironomus tentans by ecdysone and juvenile hormone.
M. Lezzi
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L. Gilbert
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1969
Corpus ID: 8505379
The injection of ecdysone (molting hormone) into chironomid larvae is known to result in the stimulation of specific gene…
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Review
1965
Review
1965
Biochemical studies of ecdysone control of chromosomal activity.
P. Karlson
Journal of Cellular Physiology
1965
Corpus ID: 46168254
Ecdysone is the molting hormone of insects. It is a steroid; its chemistry and physiology are briefly reviewed. One of its most…
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1964
1964
Zellphysiologische Mechanismen bei der Regulation von Genaktivitäten in den Riesenchromosomen von Chironomus thummi
H. Kroeger
Chromosoma
1964
Corpus ID: 41721165
Inhalt Seite A. Einleitung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 B. Material und allgemeine Methoden…
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