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3797-3808 (1988)
5. Bauermeister A. et al.: Distribution and some properties of bile salt-binding proteins in rainbow trout Salmo
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(1984)
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(1987)
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8. Blanchier B., Boucaud-Camou E. and Silberzahn P.:
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77: 221-222 (1984)
10. Bradbrook D. A. et al.: The occurrence of vertebrate
type steroids in insects and comparison with ecdysteroid levels. Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 95: 365-374
(1990)
11. Brooks A. R., Sweeney G. and Old R. W: Structural
and functional expression of a cloned Xenopus thyroid
hormone receptor. Nucleic Acids Res. 17: 9395-9405
(1989)
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13. Burmester J. K. et al.: Structure and regulation of the
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Acad. Sci. USA 85: 9499-9502 (1988)
14. Burnell D. J., Simon J. W A. and Gilgan M. W:
Occurrence of saponins giving rise to asterone and
asterogenol in various species of starfish. Compo Biochern. Physiol. Pt. B 85: 389-391 (1986)
15. Cali J. J. and Russel D. W: Characterization of human
sterol 27-hydroxylase, a mitochondrial cytochrome P450 that catalyzes multiple oxidation reactions in bile
acid biosynthesis. J. BioI. Chern. 266: 7774-78 (1991)
16. Callard G. v: and Mak P.: Exclusive nuclear location of
estrogen receptors in Squalus testis. Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sci. USA 82: 1336-40 (1985)
17. Cao M. et al.: Purification of a 20-hydroxyecdysone
binding protein from haemolymph of the locust
Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochem. 13: 567-575
(1983)
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19. Catalan C. A. N. et al.: Biosythetic studies of marine
lipids - 3. Experimental demonstration of the course of
side chain extension in marine sterols. Tetrahedron 41:
1073-84 (1985)
20. Chen H. and Shapiro D. J.: Nucleotide sequence and
estrogen induction of Xenopus laevis 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. J. BioI. Chern.
265: 4622-29 (1990)
21. de Clerck D. et al.: Study of the metabolism of steroids
in the larvae of the fleshfly Sarcophaga bullata. Compo
Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 87: 821-826 (1987)
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Biochem. Physiol. 3: 235-252 (1986)
23. Crosby T. et al.: Identification of ecdyson 22-longchain fatty acyl esters in newly laid eggs of the cattle
tick Boophilus microplus. Biochem. J. 240: 131-138
(1986)
24. Daloze D., Braekman J. C. and Pasteels J. M.: New
polyoxygenated steroidal gluyosides from Chrysolina
hyperici (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Tetrahedron
Letters 26: 2311-14 (1985)
25. Danielsson H. and Sjovall J. (eds.): Sterols and bile
acids. New comprehensive biochemistry Vol. 12. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1985
26. Dini A. et al.: Sterol composition of marine sponges
Stryphnus ucronatus and Reniera sarai. Compo Biochern. Physiol. Pt. B 81: 111-114 (1985)
27. Downer R. G. H. and Laufer H. (eds.): Endocrinology of insects. Alan R. Liss, New York 1983
28. Evans R. M.: The steroid and thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. Science 240: 889-895 (1988)
29. Fairs N. J. et al.: Detection of unconjugated and conjugated steroids in the ovary, eggs, and haemolymph of
the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus. Gen.
compo Endocrinol. 74: 199-208 (1989)
30. Feldlaufer M. F. et al.: Biosynthesis of makisterone A
and 20-hydroxyecdysone from labeled sterols by the
honey bee, Apis mellifera. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 3: 415-421 (1986)
31. Feldlaufer M. F. et al.: The neutral sterols of Megalotomus quinquespinosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Alydidae)
and identification of makisterone A as the major free
ecdysteroid. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 3:
423-430 (1986)
32. Feldlaufer M. F. et al.: Fate of maternally-acquired
ecdysteroids in unfertilized eggs of Manduca sexta.
Insect Biochem. 18: 219-221 (1988)
33. Findlay J. A. and Patil A. D.: A novel sterol peroxide
from the sea anemone Metridium senile. Steroids 44:
261-265 (1985)
34. Forest M. G. and Pugeat M. (eds.): Binding proteins
of steroid hormones. Jon Libbey Eurotext, Montrouge
1986
35. Fournier B. and Radallah H.: Ecdysteroids in Carausius eggs during embryonic development. Arch. Insect
Biochem. Physiol. 7: 211-224 (1988)
36. Garneau F. X. et al.: The distribution of asterosaponins in various body components of the starfish Leptasterias polaris. Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 92:
411-416 (1989)
37. Goad L. J.: Sterol biosynthesis and metabolism in marine vertebrates. Pure appl. Chern. 53: 837-852 (1981)
1. Ali S. S., Stephenson E. and Elliott W H.: Bile acids
LXVII. The major bile acids of Varanus monitor. J.
Lipid Res. 23: 947-954 (1982)
2. Anderson D. G.: Gorgosterol biosynthesis: Localization of squalen formation in the zooxanthellar component of various gorgonians. Compo Biochem. Physiol.
Pt. B 81: 423-428 (1985)
3. Barbier M.: Introduction to chemical ecology. Longman, Harlow UK 1979
4. Basson M. E. et al.: Structural and functional conservation between yeast and human 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, the rate limiting
enzyme of sterol biosynthesis. Mol. cell. BioI. 8:
3797-3808 (1988)
5. Bauermeister A. et al.: Distribution and some properties of bile salt-binding proteins in rainbow trout Salmo
gairdneri. Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 78: 195-198
(1984)
6. Beato M.: Induction oftranscription by steroid hormones (Review). Biochim. biophys. Acta 910: 95-102
(1987)
7. Billheimer J. T., Tavani D. M. and Ritter K. S.: Acyl
coenzyme A:cholesteryl acyltransferase activity in fat
body and intestinal microsomes of Heliothis zea.
Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 76: 127-132 (1983)
8. Blanchier B., Boucaud-Camou E. and Silberzahn P.:
Comparative study of the sterol composition of the
digestive gland and the gonad of Sepia officinalis L.
(Mollusca, Cephalopoda). Compo Biochem. Physiol.
Pt. B 83: 599-602 (1986)
9. Bourne A. R.: Occurrence of 20B-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activity in the kidney and liver of the
lizard Tiliqua rugosa. Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B
77: 221-222 (1984)
10. Bradbrook D. A. et al.: The occurrence of vertebrate
type steroids in insects and comparison with ecdysteroid levels. Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 95: 365-374
(1990)
11. Brooks A. R., Sweeney G. and Old R. W: Structural
and functional expression of a cloned Xenopus thyroid
hormone receptor. Nucleic Acids Res. 17: 9395-9405
(1989)
12. Btickmann D. et al.: Isolation and identification of
major ecdysteroids from the pycnogonid Pycnogonum
litorale (Strom) (Arthropoda, Pantopoda). J. compo
Physiol. B 156: 759-765 (1986)
13. Burmester J. K. et al.: Structure and regulation of the
rat 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor. Proc. Nat.
Acad. Sci. USA 85: 9499-9502 (1988)
14. Burnell D. J., Simon J. W A. and Gilgan M. W:
Occurrence of saponins giving rise to asterone and
asterogenol in various species of starfish. Compo Biochern. Physiol. Pt. B 85: 389-391 (1986)
15. Cali J. J. and Russel D. W: Characterization of human
sterol 27-hydroxylase, a mitochondrial cytochrome P450 that catalyzes multiple oxidation reactions in bile
acid biosynthesis. J. BioI. Chern. 266: 7774-78 (1991)
16. Callard G. v: and Mak P.: Exclusive nuclear location of
estrogen receptors in Squalus testis. Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sci. USA 82: 1336-40 (1985)
17. Cao M. et al.: Purification of a 20-hydroxyecdysone
binding protein from haemolymph of the locust
Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochem. 13: 567-575
(1983)
References
653
18. Catalan C. A. N. et al.: Minor and tryce sterols in marine invertebrates (39.). Steroids 40: 455-463 (1982)
19. Catalan C. A. N. et al.: Biosythetic studies of marine
lipids - 3. Experimental demonstration of the course of
side chain extension in marine sterols. Tetrahedron 41:
1073-84 (1985)
20. Chen H. and Shapiro D. J.: Nucleotide sequence and
estrogen induction of Xenopus laevis 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. J. BioI. Chern.
265: 4622-29 (1990)
21. de Clerck D. et al.: Study of the metabolism of steroids
in the larvae of the fleshfly Sarcophaga bullata. Compo
Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 87: 821-826 (1987)
22. Connat J. L., Diehl P. A. and Thompson M. J.: Possible inactivation of ingested ecdysteroids by conjugation with long-chain fatty acids in the female tick Ornithodorus moubata (Acarina: Argasidae). Arch. Insect
Biochem. Physiol. 3: 235-252 (1986)
23. Crosby T. et al.: Identification of ecdyson 22-longchain fatty acyl esters in newly laid eggs of the cattle
tick Boophilus microplus. Biochem. J. 240: 131-138
(1986)
24. Daloze D., Braekman J. C. and Pasteels J. M.: New
polyoxygenated steroidal gluyosides from Chrysolina
hyperici (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Tetrahedron
Letters 26: 2311-14 (1985)
25. Danielsson H. and Sjovall J. (eds.): Sterols and bile
acids. New comprehensive biochemistry Vol. 12. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1985
26. Dini A. et al.: Sterol composition of marine sponges
Stryphnus ucronatus and Reniera sarai. Compo Biochern. Physiol. Pt. B 81: 111-114 (1985)
27. Downer R. G. H. and Laufer H. (eds.): Endocrinology of insects. Alan R. Liss, New York 1983
28. Evans R. M.: The steroid and thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. Science 240: 889-895 (1988)
29. Fairs N. J. et al.: Detection of unconjugated and conjugated steroids in the ovary, eggs, and haemolymph of
the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus. Gen.
compo Endocrinol. 74: 199-208 (1989)
30. Feldlaufer M. F. et al.: Biosynthesis of makisterone A
and 20-hydroxyecdysone from labeled sterols by the
honey bee, Apis mellifera. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 3: 415-421 (1986)
31. Feldlaufer M. F. et al.: The neutral sterols of Megalotomus quinquespinosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Alydidae)
and identification of makisterone A as the major free
ecdysteroid. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 3:
423-430 (1986)
32. Feldlaufer M. F. et al.: Fate of maternally-acquired
ecdysteroids in unfertilized eggs of Manduca sexta.
Insect Biochem. 18: 219-221 (1988)
33. Findlay J. A. and Patil A. D.: A novel sterol peroxide
from the sea anemone Metridium senile. Steroids 44:
261-265 (1985)
34. Forest M. G. and Pugeat M. (eds.): Binding proteins
of steroid hormones. Jon Libbey Eurotext, Montrouge
1986
35. Fournier B. and Radallah H.: Ecdysteroids in Carausius eggs during embryonic development. Arch. Insect
Biochem. Physiol. 7: 211-224 (1988)
36. Garneau F. X. et al.: The distribution of asterosaponins in various body components of the starfish Leptasterias polaris. Compo Biochem. Physiol. Pt. B 92:
411-416 (1989)
37. Goad L. J.: Sterol biosynthesis and metabolism in marine vertebrates. Pure appl. Chern. 53: 837-852 (1981)