Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating the Contraction of an Insect Visceral Muscle

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 183-196

  Lange, Angela B ^a   Nykamp, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; cAMP; G proteins; Inositol phosphates; Locust; Second messengers

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0000301651     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)33:3/4<183::aid-arch2>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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