Faster access than browser!
41 relations: Arthropod exoskeleton, Bracken, Butterfly, Carroll Williams, David Hogness, Dibenzoylhydrazine, Dominance hierarchy, Ecdysis, Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase, Ecdysone O-acyltransferase, Ecdysone oxidase, Ecdysone receptor, Ecdysteroid, Glossary of biology, Halloween genes, Index of biology articles, Index of genetics articles, Insect growth regulator, Insect physiology, Insecticide, Juvenile hormone, Juvenile-hormone esterase, Lepidoptera, List of MeSH codes (D04), List of MeSH codes (D06), Menispermaceae, Metamorphosis, Michael Ashburner, Neem oil, Non-coding RNA, Onychophora, Phytotoxin, Prothoracicotropic hormone, Pupa, Spruce budworm, Synaptic pruning, Tebufenozide, Testosterone, Tetranortriterpenoid, 20-Hydroxyecdysone, 7-Dehydrocholesterol.
Arthropod exoskeleton
Arthropods are covered with a tough, resilient integument or exoskeleton of chitin.
New!!: Ecdysone and Arthropod exoskeleton · See more »
Bracken
Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
New!!: Ecdysone and Bracken · See more »
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.
New!!: Ecdysone and Butterfly · See more »
Carroll Williams
Carroll Milton Williams (December 2, 1916 in Oregon Hill, Virginia October 11, 1991 in Watertown, Massachusetts) was an American zoologist known for his work in entomology and developmental biology—in particular, metamorphosis in insects, for which he won the George Ledlie Prize.
New!!: Ecdysone and Carroll Williams · See more »
David Hogness
David Swenson Hogness (November 17, 1925 in Oakland, California) is an American biochemist, geneticist, and developmental biologist and emeritus professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.
New!!: Ecdysone and David Hogness · See more »
Dibenzoylhydrazine
Dibenzoylhydrazine (DBH) is a synthetic chemical compound with the chemical formulation C14H12N2O2.
New!!: Ecdysone and Dibenzoylhydrazine · See more »
Dominance hierarchy
Dominance hierarchy is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of a social group interact, often aggressively, to create a ranking system.
New!!: Ecdysone and Dominance hierarchy · See more »
Ecdysis
Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.
New!!: Ecdysone and Ecdysis · See more »
Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase
Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ecdysone, an electron acceptor AH2, and O2, whereas its 3 products are 20-hydroxyecdysone, the reduction product A, and H2O.
New!!: Ecdysone and Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase · See more »
Ecdysone O-acyltransferase
In enzymology, an ecdysone O-acyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are palmitoyl-CoA and ecdysone, whereas its two products are CoA and ecdysone palmitate.
New!!: Ecdysone and Ecdysone O-acyltransferase · See more »
Ecdysone oxidase
In enzymology, an ecdysone oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ecdysone and O2, whereas its two products are 3-dehydroecdysone and H2O2.
New!!: Ecdysone and Ecdysone oxidase · See more »
Ecdysone receptor
The ecdysone receptor is a nuclear receptor found in arthropods, where it controls development and contributes to other processes such as reproduction.
New!!: Ecdysone and Ecdysone receptor · See more »
Ecdysteroid
Ecdysteroids are arthropod steroid hormones that are mainly responsible for molting, development and, to a lesser extent, reproduction; examples of ecdysteroids include ecdysone, ecdysterone, turkesterone and 20-hydroxyecdysone.
New!!: Ecdysone and Ecdysteroid · See more »
Glossary of biology
Most of the terms listed in Wikipedia glossaries are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself.
New!!: Ecdysone and Glossary of biology · See more »
Halloween genes
20-hydroxyecdysone, a key regulatory hormone involved in cuticle development in insectsThe halloween genes are a set of genes identified in Drosophila melanogaster that influence embryonic development.
New!!: Ecdysone and Halloween genes · See more »
Index of biology articles
Biology is the study of life and its processes.
New!!: Ecdysone and Index of biology articles · See more »
Index of genetics articles
Genetics (from Ancient Greek γενετικός genetikos, “genite” and that from γένεσις genesis, “origin”), a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms.
New!!: Ecdysone and Index of genetics articles · See more »
Insect growth regulator
An insect growth regulator (IGR) is a substance (chemical) that inhibits the life cycle of an insect.
New!!: Ecdysone and Insect growth regulator · See more »
Insect physiology
Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems.
New!!: Ecdysone and Insect physiology · See more »
Insecticide
Insecticides are substances used to kill insects.
New!!: Ecdysone and Insecticide · See more »
Juvenile hormone
Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of acyclic sesquiterpenoids that regulate many aspects of insect physiology.
New!!: Ecdysone and Juvenile hormone · See more »
Juvenile-hormone esterase
In enzymology, juvenile hormone esterase (JH esterase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of juvenile hormone.
New!!: Ecdysone and Juvenile-hormone esterase · See more »
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
New!!: Ecdysone and Lepidoptera · See more »
List of MeSH codes (D04)
This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.
New!!: Ecdysone and List of MeSH codes (D04) · See more »
List of MeSH codes (D06)
This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.
New!!: Ecdysone and List of MeSH codes (D06) · See more »
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of flowering plants.
New!!: Ecdysone and Menispermaceae · See more »
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
New!!: Ecdysone and Metamorphosis · See more »
Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner (born 23 May 1942) is a biologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge.
New!!: Ecdysone and Michael Ashburner · See more »
Neem oil
Neem oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of the neem (Azadirachta indica), an evergreen tree which is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced to many other areas in the tropics.
New!!: Ecdysone and Neem oil · See more »
Non-coding RNA
A non-coding RNA (ncRNA) is an RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein.
New!!: Ecdysone and Non-coding RNA · See more »
Onychophora
Onychophora (from Ancient Greek, onyches, "claws"; and pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged panarthropods.
New!!: Ecdysone and Onychophora · See more »
Phytotoxin
Phytotoxins are toxic chemicals produced by plants, which function as defensive agents against their predators.
New!!: Ecdysone and Phytotoxin · See more »
Prothoracicotropic hormone
Prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) was the first insect hormone to be discovered.
New!!: Ecdysone and Prothoracicotropic hormone · See more »
Pupa
A pupa (pūpa, "doll"; plural: pūpae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
New!!: Ecdysone and Pupa · See more »
Spruce budworm
Spruce budworms and relatives are a group of closely related insects in the genus Choristoneura.
New!!: Ecdysone and Spruce budworm · See more »
Synaptic pruning
Synaptic pruning, which includes both axon and dendrite pruning, is the process of synapse elimination that occurs between early childhood and the onset of puberty in many mammals, including humans.
New!!: Ecdysone and Synaptic pruning · See more »
Tebufenozide
Tebufenozide is an insecticide that acts as a molting hormone.
New!!: Ecdysone and Tebufenozide · See more »
Testosterone
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid.
New!!: Ecdysone and Testosterone · See more »
Tetranortriterpenoid
The tetranortriterpenoid class of chemical compounds most noted for the chemical azadirachtin, extracted from the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) that displays insecticidal properties.
New!!: Ecdysone and Tetranortriterpenoid · See more »
20-Hydroxyecdysone
20-Hydroxyecdysone (ecdysterone or 20E) is a naturally occurring ecdysteroid hormone which controls the ecdysis (moulting) and metamorphosis of arthropods.
New!!: Ecdysone and 20-Hydroxyecdysone · See more »
7-Dehydrocholesterol
7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) is a zoosterol that functions in the serum as a cholesterol precursor, and is converted to vitamin D3 in the skin, therefore functioning as provitamin-D3.
New!!: Ecdysone and 7-Dehydrocholesterol · See more »
Redirects here:
C27H44O6, Molting hormone, Moulting hormone, Α-ecdysone, Β-ecdysone.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysone
