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, Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori.W