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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 205-213Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.12.005
Keywords
Cuticle protein genes; Ecdysteroids; Juvenile hormones; beta FTZ-F1; DHR38; Broad; Insects; Metamorphosis
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- Burgundy council
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
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The exoskeleton of insects (cuticle) is an assembly of chitin and cuticle proteins. Its physical properties are determined largely by the proteins it contains, and vary widely with developmental stages and body regions. The genes encoding cuticle proteins are therefore good models to study the molecular mechanisms of signalling by ecdysteroids and juvenile hormones, which regulate molting and metamorphosis in insects. This review summarizes the studies of hormonal regulation of insect cuticle protein genes, and the recent progress in the analysis of the regulatory sequences and transcription factors important for their expression. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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