Ovarian ecdysteroid biosynthesis and female germline stem cells

A Genetic Mosaic Screen Reveals Ecdysone-Responsive Genes Regulating Drosophila Oogenesis

(2016) Elizabeth T. Ables et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Mating-Induced Increase in Germline Stem Cells via the Neuroendocrine System in Female Drosophila

(2016) Tomotsune Ameku et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mating induces developmental changes in the insect female reproductive tract

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Ecdysone signalling and ovarian development in insects: from stem cells to ovarian follicle formation

(2015) Xavier Belles et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Ecdysone response gene E78 controls ovarian germline stem cell niche formation and follicle survival in Drosophila

(2015) Elizabeth T. Ables et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Soma influences GSC progeny differentiation via the cell adhesion-mediated steroid-let-7-Wingless signaling cascade that regulates chromatin dynamics

(2015) A. Konig et al.   Biology Open

Recent progress in understanding the role of ecdysteroids in adult insects: Germline development and circadian clock in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

(2015) Outa Uryu et al.   Zoological Letters

Neural control of steroid hormone biosynthesis during development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

(2015) Yuko S. Niwa et al.   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

Enzymes for ecdysteroid biosynthesis: their biological functions in insects and beyond

(2014) Ryusuke Niwa et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Phantom, a cytochrome P450 enzyme essential for ecdysone biosynthesis, plays a critical role in the control of border cell migration in Drosophila

(2014) Elena Domanitskaya et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Halloween gene noppera-bo encodes a glutathione S-transferase essential for ecdysteroid biosynthesis via regulating the behaviour of cholesterol in Drosophila

(2014) Sora Enya et al.   Scientific Reports

Post-mating change in excretion by mated Drosophila melanogaster females is a long-term response that depends on sex peptide and sperm

(2013) Jennifer Apger-McGlaughon et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Ecdysone Control of Developmental Transitions: Lessons from Drosophila Research

(2012) Naoki Yamanaka et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Steroid Signaling within Drosophila Ovarian Epithelial Cells Sex-Specifically Modulates Early Germ Cell Development and Meiotic Entry

(2012) Lucy X. Morris et al.   PLoS One

Steroid Hormones and the Development of Reproductive Organs

(2012) K. Morohashi et al.   Sexual Development

Ecdysteroids affectDrosophilaovarian stem cell niche formation and early germline differentiation

(2011) Annekatrin König et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Conserved Rieske Oxygenase DAF-36/Neverland Is a Novel Cholesterol-metabolizing Enzyme

(2011) Takuji Yoshiyama-Yanagawa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Germline Stem Cells

(2011) A. Spradling et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Steroid Hormone Ecdysone Functions with Intrinsic Chromatin Remodeling Factors to Control Female Germline Stem Cells in Drosophila

(2010) Elizabeth T. Ables et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the 'Black Box' of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway

(2010) R. Niwa et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Battle and Ballet: Molecular Interactions between the Sexes in Drosophila

(2009) M. F. Wolfner   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Stem Cells and Niches: Mechanisms That Promote Stem Cell Maintenance throughout Life

(2008) Sean J. Morrison et al.   CELL

Cell Survival and Polarity of Drosophila Follicle Cells Require the Activity of Ecdysone Receptor B1 Isoform

(2008) P. Romani et al.   GENETICS