Disclosed are methods and systems for screening for compounds that act to modulate insect growth. Bioassays including cell culture and/or transgenic insects engineered with various components of the ecdysoid receptor (EcR) and/or the farsenoid-X receptor (RXR) systems to identify compounds that act as insecticides and/or hormone receptor activators are described. Also described are compounds, and compositions, identified as being putative insecticides based upon their ability to activate EcR and/or FXR mediated transcription.
                            本发明涉及筛选调节昆虫生长的化合物的方法和系统。描述了
生物测定法,包括
细胞培养和/或转
基因昆虫,这些昆虫经过工程改造,具有ecdysoid受体(EcR)和/或farsenoid-X受体(RXR)系统的各种组分,以识别作为
杀虫剂和/或激素受体激活剂的化合物。还描述了被鉴定为潜在
杀虫剂的化合物和组合物,这些化合物和组合物的鉴定基于它们激活EcR和/或FXR介导的转录的能力。