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Prothoracicotropic Hormone Bioassay: Pupal‐Adult Bombyx Assay
Author(s) -
ISHIZAKI HIRONORI,
SUZUKI ATSUSHI,
MORIYA IKUO,
MIZOGUCHI AKIRA,
FUJISHITA MARIKO,
O'OKA HISAYOSHI,
KATAOKA HIROSHI,
ISOGAI AKIRA,
NAGASAWA HIROMICHI,
SUZUKI AKINORI
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1983.00585.x
Subject(s) - bioassay , pupa , bombyx mori , biology , endocrinology , larva , botany , ecology , genetics , gene
Blockage of adult development by brain removal and its resumption by application of the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) were studied using pupae of a racial hybrid J‐122 × C‐115 of Bombyx mori . A log‐linear dose‐response relationship was obrained after injection of a PTTH solution. The Bombyx ‐unit of PTTH has been defined from this dose‐response curve.