Insect Hormones
Editor-in-Chief:- Gerald Litwack, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Audience
Endocrinologists, biochemists, researchers, professors, and graduate students studying the molecular and cellular biology of vitamins, hormones, and related factors and co-factors. In particular for this volume: biochemists and molecular geneticists as well as all researchers and students, who focus on the topic of insect hormones
Included in series
Vitamins and Hormones
Vitamins and Hormones
Hardbound, 304 Pages
Published: December 2005
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-709873-9
Contents
- 1. Hormonal Control of Ecdysis: Endocrine Cascades for Coordinating Behavior with Physiology; 2. A Molecular Genetic Approach to the Biosynthesis of the Insect Steroid Molting Hormone; 3. Ecdysteroid Receptors and their Applications in Agriculture and Medicine; 4. Ligand Binding Pocket of the Ecdysone Receptor; 5. Non-steroidal Ecdysone Agonists; 6. Juvenile Hormone Molecular Actions and Interactions during Development of Drosophila melanogaster; 7. Insect Neuropeptide and Peptide Hormone Receptors: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
