Juvenile hormone acid: Evidence for a ho
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Sheikh M. Ismail; Kotamraju Satyanarayana; James Y. Bradfield; Karl H. Dahm; Gov
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta), vitellogenin (Vg), the major yolk protein precursor, and its mRNA are first detectable in the prepupal stage; and production of both can be enhanced by methoprene, a juvenile hormone (JH) analog. Competence to respond to methoprene is acquired after ecdystero