Refining a steroidogenic model: an analysis of RNA-seq datasets from insect prothoracic glands
Abstract Background The prothoracic gland (PG), the principal steroidogenic organ of insects, has been proposed as a model for steroid hormone biosynthesis and regulation.Results To validate the robustness of the model, we present an analysis of accumulated transcriptomic data from PGs of two model species, fox 985-24-100 reservoir shock Drosophila