Ecdysone works by binding to a nuclear receptor, EcR, which heterodimerizes with the retinoid X receptor homologue Ultraspiracle2,3. Both partners are required for binding to ligand or DNA4,5,6.

In one of the first studies addressing the role of sex hormones' impact on stem cells in the gut, scientists outline new insights showing how a steroidal sex hormone, ecdysone, drastically alters ...

Ecdysone is an insect steroid hormone, or ecdysteroid, required for the initiation of metamorphosis and regulation of molting. Because ecdysteroids are key to the life cycle of insects, ...

L'ecdysone est une hormone stéroïde intervenant notamment dans le processus de la mue des arthropodes et dans le contrôle de leur reproduction : elle a été isolée comme hormone de mue en 1954 par ...