Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones [electronic resource] /

I Peptide Hormones -- I.1 Hormonal Control of Regeneration in Hydra -- I.2 Peptidic Hormones in Annelids -- I.3 Recent Progress in Endocrinology of Molluscs -- I.4 The Structure of the Commands for a Neuropeptide-Mediated Behavior, Egg-Laying, in an Opisthobranch Mollusc -- I.5 Studies on Release Activities of the Neurosecretory Caudo-Dorsal Cells of Lymnaea stagnalis -- I.6 Roles of Calcium and cAMP in Biosynthesis and Release of the Ovulation Hormone of the Freshwater Snail Lymnaea stagnalis -- I.7 The Egg-Laying Behavior of the Pond Snail: Electrophysiological Aspects -- I.8 Prothoracicotropic Hormone of Bombyx mori -- I.9 Neurohormonal Regulation of Molting and Metamorphosis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta -- I.10 Isolation of an Allatotropic Factor in Locusta migratoria and Its Effect on Corpus Allatum Activity in Vitro -- I.11 Neurosecretion in Insects: Multisynthesis, Mode of Action, and Multiregulation -- I.12 Neuropeptides of Vertebrate Type in the Blowfly, Calliphora -- I.13 Peptides from the Corpora cardiaca and CNS of Locusts -- I.14 Adipokinetic Hormones in Locusts -- I.15 Ecdysteroids Regulate the Release and Action of Eclosion Hormone in the Moth Manduca sexta -- I.16 Studies on Crustacean Eyestalk Neuropeptides by Use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography -- I.17 Present State of Knowledge on the Chemical Nature of the Androgenic Hormone in Higher Crustaceans -- II Ecdysteroids -- II.1 Ecdysteroids in Ovaries and Embryos of Locusta migratoria -- II.2 Biosynthesis of Ovarian Ecdysteroid Phosphates and Their Metabolic Fate During Embryogenesis in Schistocerca gregaria -- II.3 Ecdysone Metabolism -- II.4 Ecdysone 20-Monooxygenases -- II.5 Ecdysteroids and Integuments in Locusts -- II.6 Relationships Between Hormones and Epidermal Cell Cycles During the Metamorphosis of Tenebrio molitor -- II.7 On the Mode of Action of Ecdysteroids in Crustaceans -- II.8 Hormonal Control of Sequential Gene Expression in Insect Epidermis -- II.9 Ecdysteroid Regulation of the Major Transcripts of Drosophila melanogaster Larval Salivary Glands and Fat Bodies -- II.10 Ecdysteroid-Regulated Puffs and Genes in Drosophila -- II.11 Pleiotropic Specific Responses Induced by Ecdysterone in the Cultured Kc Cells of Drosophila melanogaster -- II.12 The Action of Ecdysone in Imaginal Discs and Kc Cells of Drosophila melanogaster -- II.13 Ecdysteroids in Helminths -- II.14 Ecdysteroids in Schistosomes and Host-Parasite Relationship -- II.15 The Occurrence and Possible Physiological Significance of Ecdysteroids During Nematode and Cestode Development -- II.16 Ecdysteroids in Annelids -- III Juvenile Hormones -- III.1 Radioimmunoassays of Juvenile Hormones. State of the Methods and Recent Data on Validation -- III.2 The Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Juvenile Hormones by Mass Spectrometry -- III.3 Juvenile Hormones O, I, and II Exist Only in Lepidoptera -- III.4 Biochemical Aspects of Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in Hemimetabola -- III.5 Regulation of Juvenile Hormone Titer in the Adult Female Cockroach Diploptera punctata -- III.6 Environmentally Controlled Changes in Juvenile Hormone Titers: The Colorado Potato Beetle as a Model System -- III.7 The Role of Juvenile Hormone Metabolism in the Metamorphosis of Selected Lepidoptera -- III.8 Hemolymph Transport of the Juvenile Hormones -- III.9 Photoaffinity Labelling of Juvenile Hormone-Binding Proteins in Leucophaea maderae -- III.10 Regulation of Vitellogenesis in Insects: The Pleiotropic Role of Juvenile Hormones -- III.11 On Titers, Origin, and Functions of Juvenile Hormone III, Methylfarnesoate, and Ecdysteroids in Embryonic Development of the Ovoviviparous Cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea -- III.12 Defining the Anti-Metamorphic Action of Juvenile Hormone -- III.13 Vitellogenin Synthesis in Locust Fat Body: Juvenile Hormone-Stimulated Gene Expression -- IV Hormonal Mechanisms in Echinoderms -- IV.1 Early Steps in Transduction of the Hormonal Signal Controlling Starfish Oocyte Maturation -- IV.2 Production of the Maturation-Promoting Factor (MPF) Following Hormonal Stimulation of Starfish Oocytes -- IV.3 Hormonal Mechanism of Starfish Spawning -- Genera Index.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hoffmann, Jules. editor., Porchet, Maurice. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1984
Subjects:	Life sciences., Biochemistry., Cell biology., Zoology., Life Sciences., Biochemistry, general., Cell Biology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69922-1
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