Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the ecdysone receptors and their biological
actions. It also summarizes the insect endocrinology and the roles of these steroids in the …

The steroid hormone ecdysone triggers coordinate changes in Drosophila tissue
development that result in metamorphosis. To advance our understanding of the genetic …

Ecdysteroid hormones are major regulators in reproduction and development of insects,
including larval molts and metamorphosis. The functional ecdysone receptor is a …

Publisher Summary This chapter examines the information gathered about the ecdysteroid
receptor at three levels and provides brief descriptions and references for the tools used to …

In 1974, Ashburner and colleagues postulated a model to explain the control of the puffing
sequence on Drosophila polytene chromosomes initiated by the molting hormone 20 …

The functional receptor for insect ecdysteroid hormones is a heterodimer consisting of two
nuclear hormone receptors, ecdysteroid receptor (EcR) and the retinoid X receptor …

During the metamorphic reorganization of the insect central nervous system, the steroid
hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone induces a wide spectrum of cellular responses including …

The steroid hormone ecdysone directs Drosophila metamorphosis via three heterodimeric
receptors that differ according to which of three ecdysone receptor isoforms encoded by the …

In D. melanogaster a pulse of the steroid hormone ecdysone triggers the larval-to-adult
metamorphosis, a complex process in which this hormone induces imaginal tissues to …

Ecdysteroids regulate insect growth and development through a heterodimeric complex of
nuclear receptors consisting of ecdysone receptor (EcR) and ultraspiracle (USP). In the red …