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 ...

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

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 ...

As a chrysalis, some of the caterpillar's organs dissolve. Groups of special cells divide and multiply to form wings and other adult body parts.

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; ...