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Ecdysone agonists: mechanism and importance in controlling insect pests of agriculture and forestry.
Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology - 1 Dec 2003
Retnakaran Arthur, Krell Peter, Feng Qili, Arif Basil
Abstract excerpt
Molting is the result of the expression of a cascade of genes that is sequentially both up and down-regulated by the molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), which is secreted as a pulse during each instar. Benzoyl hydrazine analogs of 20E act like the native molting hormone at the molecular level by binding with the ecdysone receptor complex and transactivating a succession of molt initiating transcription...
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