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SUBMITTER: Sandlund L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5798790 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sandlund Liv L Kongshaug Heidi H Horsberg Tor Einar TE Male Rune R Nilsen Frank F Dalvin Sussie S
PloS one 20180205 2
The salmon louse is a marine ectoparasitic copepod on salmonid fishes. Its lifecycle consists of eight developmental stages, each separated by a molt. In crustaceans and insects, molting and reproduction is controlled by circulating steroid hormones such as 20-hydroxyecdysone. Steroid hormones are synthesized from cholesterol through catalytic reactions involving a 7,8-dehydrogenase Neverland and several cytochrome P450 genes collectively called the Halloween genes. In this study, we have isolat ...[more]