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INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 281-292Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00641.x
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Bombyx mori; 20-hydroxyecdysone; programmed cell death; anterior silk gland; early and early late genes
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Programmed cell death (PCD) in Bombyx mori anterior silk glands (ASGs) is triggered by 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). We examined the expression profiles and effects of 20E on 11 transcription factor genes in the fifth instar to determine whether they demonstrate the hierarchical control seen in Drosophila PCD. Results indicate that EcR-A and usp-2, but not EcR-B1 or usp-1, may be components of the ecdysone receptor complex. Up-regulation of E75A, BHR3, and three BR-C isoforms, but not E75B, appeared to be associated with the induction of PCD. beta FTZ-F1 was not expressed during PCD execution. Thus, gene control in B. mori ASGs differs from that in Drosophila salivary glands, despite both tissues undergoing PCD in response to 20E at pupal metamorphosis.
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