Steroid hormones are one of the major bioactive molecules responsible for the coordinated
regulation of biological processes in multicellular organisms. In insects, the principal steroid …

Transcription factors (TFs) play essential roles in the transcriptional regulation of functional
genes, and are involved in diverse physiological processes in living organisms. The fruit fly …

TAIMAN (TAI), the only insect ortholog of mammalian Steroid Receptor Coactivators (SRCs),
is a critical modulator of ecdysone and juvenile hormone (JH) signaling pathways, which …

Although, glial cells have well characterized functions in the developing and mature brain, it
is only in the past decade that roles for these cells in behavior and plasticity have been …

Our previous results revealed that RNA interference-aided knockdown of Leptinotarsa
decemlineata FTZ-F1 (LdFTZ-F1) reduced 20E titer, and impaired pupation. In this study, we …

Nuclear receptors (NRs) are responsible for the regulation of diverse developmental and
physiological systems in metazoans. NR actions can be the result of genomic and non …

The circadian clock organizes the physiology and behaviour of insects to adapt to a daily
and seasonally changing environment. The clock oscillates with a period of approximately …

Background Animals exhibit circadian rhythms with a period of approximately 24 h in various
physiological functions, including locomotor activity. This rhythm is controlled by an …

Nearly all organisms possess a circadian clock, a genetically determined device that
generates endogenous oscillations with a period of approximately 24 h. From a molecular …

Zygentoma occupies a key evolutionary position for understanding the evolution of insect
metamorphosis but has received little attention in terms of genetic analysis. To develop …