Ecdysone: Structures and Functions - Smagghe, Guy.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Fundamental Aspects of Ecdysteroid Research: The Distribution and Diversity of Ecdysteroids in Animals and Plants -- Phytoecdysteroids: Diversity, Biosynthesis and Distribution -- Diversity of Ecdysteroids in Animal Species -- Crustacean Ecdysteroids and Their Receptors -- Synthetic Ecdysteroidal Compounds -- In the Post-Genomic Era, Ecdysteroid Genetic Hierarchies in Insect Growth and Reproduction -- Ecdysteroids and Ecdysteroid Signaling Pathways During Insect Oogenesis -- Regulation of Sciarid DNA Puffs by Ecdysone: Mechanisms and Perspectives -- The Ecdysteroids' Effects in the Control of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation -- Applications of RNA Interference in Ecdysone Research -- Role of Cross Talk of Genes and Growth Factors in Ecdysteroid Titers and Signalling -- The Function and Evolution of the Halloween Genes: The Pathway to the Arthropod Molting Hormone -- Recent Studies on Prothoracic Gland Cell Growth and Ecdysteroidogenesis in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori -- Diversity in Factors Regulating Ecdysteroidogenesis in Insects -- 20-Hydroxyecdysone, Juvenile Hormone and Biogenic Amines: Mechanisms of Interaction in Control of Drosophila Reproduction Under Normal and Stressful Conditions -- Ecdysteroids Function Through Nuclear and Membrane Receptors -- The Structure and Function of Ecdysone Receptors -- The Multidimensional Partnership of EcR and USP -- Functional Analysis of Ecdysteroid Receptor from Drosophila melanogaster "In Vitro" -- Intracellular Localization of the Ecdysteroid Receptor -- Genomic and Nongenomic Actions of 20-Hydroxyecdysone in Programmed Cell Death -- Rapid, Non-Genomic Responses to Ecdysteroids and Catecholamines Mediated by a Novel Drosophila G-Protein-Coupled Receptor -- Ecdysteroids in Modern Agriculture, Medicine, Doping and Ecotoxicology -- Ecdysone Receptors of Pest Insects-Molecular Cloning, Characterisation, and a Ligand Binding Domain-Based Fluorescence Polarization Screen -- SAR and QSAR Studies For In Vivo and In Vitro Activities of Ecdysone Agonists -- Ecdysone Receptor-Based Gene Switches for Applications in Plants -- Ecdysteroids and Their Importance in Endocrine Disruption Research -- Innovative and Future Applications for Ecdysteroids.
Keywords: Entomology; Life sciences; Biochemistry; Entomology; Life Sciences, general; Biochemistry, general