The ecdysteroid receptor |
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| Authors: | HANS J. BIDMON TIMOTHY J. SLITER |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Taylor Hall 534 CB# 7090, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7090, USA;2. Department of Biology , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Coker Hall CB# 3280, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3280, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary The steroid molting hormone of insects and other arthropods regulates gene activity in target tissues through its association with a specific, high affinity receptor protein. In this review we summarize recent advances in several areas of ecdysteroid receptor research, including efforts to characterize and purify the receptor protein, cytochemical studies of its tissue distribution and subcellular localization during development, and current molecular genetic studies ecdysteroid action. |
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| Keywords: | ecdysteroid receptor steroid hormone receptor receptor cytochemistry invertebrate hormones receptor biochemistry |
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