"Ecdysteroids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the insect-molting hormones found in plants, the phytoecdysteroids. Phytoecdysteroids are natural insecticides.
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D026461
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.265.165 D04.210.500.247.808.756.143 D06.472.445.573.271 D10.570.938.795.143 D23.704.500.143
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ecdysteroids" by people in Profiles.
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The Drosophila nucleosome remodeling factor NURF is required for Ecdysteroid signaling and metamorphosis. Genes Dev. 2005 Nov 01; 19(21):2540-5.