Insect tachykinin-related neuropeptides: Developmental changes in expression of callitachykinin isoforms in the central nervous system and intestine of the blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-491

  Kim, Min Yung ^a   Muren, J Eric ^a   Lundquist, C Tomas ^a   Nässel, Dick R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calliphora vomitoria; Development; Endocrine cells; HPLC; Insect nervous system; Neuropeptide; Radioimmunoassay; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000792593     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:4<475::AID-ARCH6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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