Unexpected role of the steroid-deficiency protein ecdysoneless in pre-mRNA splicing.

The steroid hormone ecdysone coordinates insect growth and development, directing the major postembryonic transition of forms, metamorphosis. The steroid-deficient ecdysoneless1 (ecd1) strain of Drosophila melanogaster has long served to assess the impact of ecdysone on gene regulation, morphogenesi...

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Main Authors: Ann-Katrin Claudius, Patrizia Romani, Tobias Lamkemeyer, Marek Jindra, Mirka Uhlirova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983036?pdf=render