Localization of Myosuppressinlike Peptides in the Hypocerebral Ganglion of Two Blood-Feeding Flies: Horn Fly and Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 473-481

  Meola, S M ^a   Wright, M S ^b   Nichols, R ^c   Pendleton, M W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dromyosuppressin; Horn fly; Immunocytochemistry; Leucomyosuppressin; Retrocerebral complex; Stable fly

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEMATOBIA; HEMATOBIA IRRITANS; INSECTA; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

INSECT HORMONE; LEUCOMYOSUPPRESSIN; NEOMYOSUPPRESSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GANGLION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MUSCIDAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FMRFAMIDE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MUSCIDAE; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 0030138477     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.473     Document Type: Article

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