Isolation and Characterization of Locusta migratoria Accessory Gland Myotropin I (Lom-AG-MT-I) from the Brain of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Spittaels, Kurt ^a   Vankeerberghen, Anne ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Proost, Paul ^b   Van Damme, Jozef ^b   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; Lom Ag MT I; Peptides

Indexed keywords

LOM AG MYOTROPIN; LOM-AG-MYOTROPIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORADO; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; OVIDUCTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0029686655     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)31:2<149::aid-arch3>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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