Functional characterization of a juvenile hormone esterase related gene in the moth Sesamia nonagrioides through RNA interference.

Juvenile hormone esterase (JHE) is a carboxylesterase that has attracted great interest because of its critical role in regulating larval to adult transition in insects and other arthropods. Previously, we characterized an ecdysteroid sensitive and juvenile hormone non-susceptible juvenile hormone e...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Kontogiannatos, Luc Swevers, Katsumi Maenaka, Enoch Y Park, Kostas Iatrou, Anna Kourti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770702?pdf=render