Identification and characterization of an ecdysiotropic peptide from brain extracts of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-189

  Wagner, R M ^a,b   Loeb, M J ^a   Kochansky, J P ^a   Gelman, D B ^a   Lusby, W R ^a   Bell, R A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Peptide; Testes; Testis ecdysiotropin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001004542     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:2<175::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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