Hypertrehalosaemic insect peptide periplanetin CC-2 and its analogues: Synthesis and biological evaluation

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Michalik, Joanna ^a   Szołajska, Ewa ^a   Lombarska Śliwińska, Danuta ^b   Rosiński, Grzegorz ^c   Konopińska, Danuta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hypertrehalosaemic peptides; Insect adipokinetic peptides; New periplanetin CC II analogues; Tem HrTH peptide; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PISUM SATIVUM; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0002477261     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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