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Ecdysteroids

Known as: Ecdysteroid, Ecdysteroids [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Rapid, nongenomic responses to ecdysteroids and catecholamines mediated by a novel Drosophila G-protein-coupled receptor.
Nongenomic response pathways mediate many of the rapid actions of steroid hormones, but the mechanisms underlying such responses… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
CYP306A1, a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis in the prothoracic glands of Bombyx and Drosophila.
Ecdysteroids mediate a wide variety of developmental and physiological events in insects. In the postembryonic development of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The Drosophila Orphan Nuclear Receptor DHR38 Mediates an Atypical Ecdysteroid Signaling Pathway
Ecdysteroid pulses trigger the major developmental transitions during the Drosophila life cycle. These hormonal responses are… (More)
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2000
2000
Ecdysteroids regulate secretory competence in Inka cells.
Ecdysis, or molting behavior, in insects requires the sequential action of high levels of ecdysteroids, which induce accumulation… (More)
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1998
1998
Ecdysteroid control of cell proliferation during optic lobe neurogenesis in the moth Manduca sexta.
Cell proliferation within the optic lobe anlagen is dependent on ecdysteroids during metamorphosis of the moth Manduca sexta. We… (More)
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1998
1998
Ecdysteroids govern two phases of eye development during metamorphosis of the moth, Manduca sexta.
The eye primordium of the moth, Manduca sexta, shows two different developmental responses to ecdysteroids depending on the… (More)
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1998
1998
Ecdysteroids regulate yolk protein uptake by Drosophila melanogaster oocytes.
Juvenile hormones (JHs) are thought to drive the regulation of yolk protein uptake by ovaries in Drosophila melanogaster. However… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Ecdysone receptor expression in the CNS correlates with stage-specific responses to ecdysteroids during Drosophila and Manduca development.
In insects, the ecdysteroids act to transform the CNS from its larval to its adult form. A key gene in this response is the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Molecular analysis of the initiation of insect metamorphosis: a comparative study of Drosophila ecdysteroid-regulated transcription.
More than 50 ecdysteroid-regulated Drosophila genes have been described in the literature. These genes were identified using… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A baculovirus blocks insect molting by producing ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyl transferase.
The predicted amino acid sequence of a newly identified gene of the insect baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear… (More)
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