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- Title
Cloning and expression of the ecdysteroid receptor during ecdysis and reproduction in females of the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae).
- Authors
Horigane, M.; Ogihara, K.; Nakajima, Y.; Shinoda, T.; Taylor, D.
- Abstract
Molecular mechanisms of ecdysteroid regulation in development and reproduction have been thoroughly investigated in Diptera and Lepidoptera, but few studies report the molecular actions of ecdysteroids in hemimetabolous insects and more primitive arthropods. Ecdysteroids appear to be the main hormones regulating development and vitellogenesis in ticks. An ecdysteroid receptor that showed high homology with EcRs of other arthropods was isolated from Ornithodoros moubata (OmEcRA). OmEcR expression patterns coincided with ecdysteroid titres in the haemolymph during moulting and vitellogenesis and differed between mated and virgin females. Therefore, OmEcR appears to mediate the regulation of moulting and vitellogenesis by ecdysteroids in O. moubata females as seen in other arthropods.
- Subjects
CLONING; ECDYSTEROIDS; ORNITHODOROS moubata; DIPTERA; ANTHOMYIIDAE; ORNITHODOROS
- Publication
Insect Molecular Biology, 2007, Vol 16, Issue 5, p601
- ISSN
0962-1075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00754.x