... 2007)doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06139 .x cDNAs of the ecdysone receptor and the retinoid X receptor were cloned from the Japanese scorpion Liocheles australasiae, and the amino acidsequences were deduced. The full-length ... acids. The amino acid sequence of the L. australasiae ecdysone receptor was similar to that of the ecdysone receptor- A of the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (68%) and to that of the ecdysone receptor- A1 ... Liocheles australasiae ecdysone receptor; LaEcR-A, Liocheles australasiae ecdysone receptor A-isoform; LaRXR, Liocheles australasiae retinoid X receptor; PonA, ponasterone A;RXR, retinoid X receptor; ...