prothoracicotropic hormone

(biology) A peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland.

Japanese Meaning

昆虫の生物学におけるペプチドホルモン。心臓傍器官（corpora cardiaca）または腺（corpus allata）で産生され、前胸腺（prothoracic gland）からecdysteroidホルモンの放出を促す作用を持つ。

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Researchers found that administering prothoracicotropic hormone to caterpillar larvae rapidly induced the prothoracic gland to release ecdysteroids, initiating molting.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

研究者たちは、昆虫の心臓付属器官で産生されて前胸腺を刺激しエクディステロイドの放出を誘導する前胸腺刺激ホルモンをイモムシの幼虫に投与すると、迅速に脱皮が誘導されることを見出した。

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(biology) A peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland.

prothoracicotropic hormones

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