The steroid hormone ecdysone is the central regulator of insect developmental transitions.
Recent new advances in our understanding of ecdysone action have relied heavily on the …

The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway functions as an organizer in embryonic development.
Genetic analysis has demonstrated a critical role for the Hh pathway in mammary gland …

Exosomes are nanovesicles that are released into the extracellular environment during the
fusion of multivesicular bodies with the plasma membrane. Exosomes released from …

Flowering is indicative of the transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, a critical event
in the life cycle of plants. In soybean (Glycine max), a flowering quantitative trait locus, FT2, …

Photosensitivity plays an essential role in the response of plants to their changing environments
throughout their life cycle. In soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], several associations …

Holometabolous insects undergo complete metamorphosis to become sexually mature
adults. Metamorphosis is initiated by brain-derived prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH), which …

We compared liver volume and function kinetics after partial hepatectomy according to
extent of resection and severity of coexisting liver disease in 57 adults with uneventful …

OBJECTIVE. We assessed the role of dynamic CT in the evaluation of the efficacy of
transarterial chemoembolization with iodized oil for hepatocellular carcinoma. MATERIALS AND …

Members of the insulin family of peptides have conserved roles in the regulation of growth
and metabolism in a wide variety of metazoans. Here we show that Drosophila insulin-like …

Cloning-based approach combining homology search in the Bombyx genome sequence
and Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) resulted in annotation of 23 neuropeptide …