Potent pheromonotropic/myotropic activity of a carboranyl pseudotetrapeptide analogue of the insect pyrokinin/PBAN neuropeptide family administered via injection or topical application

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 747-752

  Nachman, Ronald J ^a   Teal, Peter E A ^b   Radel, Peggy A ^c   Holman, G Mark ^a   Abernathy, Rella L ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Hindgut; Irreversible binding; Peptidomimetic; Tobacco budworm

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; TETRAPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0029782361     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(96)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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