Allatostatins: Identification, Primary Structures, Functions and Distribution

Advances in Insect Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue C, 1995, Pages 267-337

  Stay, Barbara ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^b   Bendena, William G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0028082986     PISSN: 00652806     EISSN: 22136800     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2806(08)60066-1     Document Type: Article

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