Localization of bursicon in CCAP-immunoreactive cells in the thoracic ganglia of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-377

  Kostron, Barbara ^a   Kaltenhauser, Ulrike ^a   Seibel, Birgit ^a   Bräunig, Peter ^a   Honegger, H Willi ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursicon; CCAP; Cricket; Gryllus bimaculatus; Immunohistochemistry; Insect; Neuropeptide; Western blot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030019272     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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