Sex-Peptide Activates Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in the Drosophila melanogaster Corpus Allatum

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 363-374

  Moshitzky, Pnina ^a   Fleischmann, Irène ^b   Chaimov, Nivi ^a   Saudan, Philippe ^b   Klauser, Stefan ^b   Kubli, Eric ^b   Applebaum, Shalom W ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Faculty of Agricultura   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corpus allatum; Drosophila melanogaster; Female receptivity; Juvenile hormone; Oviposition; Ovulation; Sex peptide

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

ACP36DE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ACP70A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MALE ACCESSORY GLAND PEPTIDE, DROSOPHILA; METHYL 6,7 10,11 BIS(EPOXY) 3,7,11 TRIMETHYL 2 DODECENOATE; METHYL 6,7-10,11-BIS(EPOXY)-3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-2-DODECENOATE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORPUS ALLATUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CORPORA ALLATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; MALE; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0029693154     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)32:3/4<363::aid-arch9>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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