Practical uses for ecdysteroids in mammals including humans: An update

Ecdysteroids are widely used as inducers for gene-switch systems based on insect ecdysteroid receptors and genes of interest placed under the control of ecdysteroid-response elements. We review here these systems, which are currently mainly used in vitro with cultured cells in order to analyse the r...

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Main Authors: R. Lafont, L. Dinan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2003-03-01
Series:Journal of Insect Science
Online Access:http://www.insectscience.org/3.7/