Edited by Gerald Litwack
Academic Press
December 2005
Hardback 304 ISBN 0127098739
£99.00
This book will be of interest to Endocrinologists, biochemists, researchers, professors,
and graduate students studying the molecular and cellular biology of vitamins, hormones,
and related factors and co-factors. In particular for this volume: biochemists and molecular
geneticists as well as all researchers and
students, who focus on the topic of insect hormones
Contents
Hormonal Control of Ecdysis: Endocrine Cascades for Coordinating Behavior with Physiology;
A Molecular Genetic Approach to the Biosynthesis of the Insect Steroid Molting Hormone;
Ecdysteroid Receptors and their Applications in Agriculture and Medicine;
Ligand Binding Pocket of the Ecdysone Receptor;
Non-steroidal Ecdysone Agonists;
Juvenile Hormone Molecular Actions and Interactions during Development of Drosophila melanogaster;
Insect Neuropeptide and Peptide Hormone Receptors: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
