Thus, ecdysone acts on the organism level as a cell-extrinsic factor to bring about physiologically meaningful changes in gene expression.

Christopher M. Uyehara, Daniel J. McKay, Direct and widespread role for the nuclear receptor EcR in mediating the response to ecdysone in Drosophila, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of ...

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.

The Ecdysone Receptor Coactivator Taiman Links Yorkie to Transcriptional Control of Germline Stem Cell Factors in Somatic Tissue. Developmental Cell, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.05.010 ...

Initially, more ecdysone in females helps with the evolutionarily critical processes of reproduction. It promotes gut enlargement, facilitating nutrient absorption, which helps the fly lay more eggs.

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 ...

Naokuni Takeda, Activatory Mechanisms of the Prothoracic Glands of Monema flavescens (Lepidoptera) with Special Reference to the Secretion of Ecdysone, Biological Bulletin, Vol. 150, No. 3 (Jun., 1976 ...