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Molting

Known as: Moultings, Moltings, Ecdysis 
Periodic casting off FEATHERS; HAIR; or cuticle. Molting is a process of sloughing or desquamation, especially the shedding of an outer covering and… 
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Growth and Development function

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
cDNA cloning and characterization of Bombyx mori juvenile hormone esterase: an inducible gene by the imidazole insect growth regulator KK-42.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Effects of parasitism by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata on host hemolymph proteins of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Isolation and expression of the eclosion hormone gene from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
Eclosion hormone (EH) is a 62-amino acid neuropeptide that initiates the ecdysis behavior of insects. The EH-encoding gene of the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Purification of a 44 kilodalton protease which mediates the ecdysis of infective Haemonchus contortus larvae.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The distribution of juvenile hormone esterase and its interrelationship with other proteins influencing juvenile hormone metabolism in the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Changes in ecdysone content during postembryonic development of the wax moth, Galleria mellonella: the role of the ovary.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Evidence for an α-ecdysone cytochrome P-450 mixed function oxidase in insect fat body mitochondria
IT is now evident that α-ecdysone, a polyhydroxylated steroid, is synthesised and secreted by the insect prothoracic (ecdysial… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The distribution of phenoloxidases and polyphenols during cuticle formation.
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
THE MOULTING FLUID OF THE CECROPIA SILKWORM
1. The initiation of adult development in the pupa of the Cecropia silkworm is accompanied by a retraction of the hypodermis from… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
The Thoracic Gland in Rhodnius Prolixus (Hemiptera) and Its Role in Moulting
The ‘moulting hormone’ in Rhodnius is composite. The factor secreted in the dorsum of the brain activates a gland in the thorax… 
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