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Control of target gene specificity during metamorphosis by the steroid response gene E93.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Feb 2012
Mou Xiaochun, Duncan Dianne M, Baehrecke Eric H, Duncan Ian
Abstract excerpt
Hormonal control of sexual maturation is a common feature in animal development. A particularly dramatic example is the metamorphosis of insects, in which pulses of the steroid hormone ecdysone drive the wholesale transformation of the larva into an adult. The mechanisms responsible for this transformation are not well understood. Work in Drosophila indicates that the larval and adult forms are patterned by the...
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