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Nuclear receptor DHR4 controls the timing of steroid hormone pulses during Drosophila development.
PLoS biology - 1 Sept 2011
Ou Qiuxiang, Magico Adam, King-Jones Kirst
Abstract excerpt
In insects, precisely timed periodic pulses of the molting hormone ecdysone control major developmental transitions such as molts and metamorphosis. The synthesis and release of ecdysone, a steroid hormone, is itself controlled by PTTH (prothoracicotopic hormone). PTTH transcript levels oscillate with an 8 h rhythm, but its significance regarding the timing of ecdysone pulses is unclear. PTTH acts on its target...
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