Myotropic activity of Acheta diuretic peptide on the foregut of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1053-1059

  Blake, Philip D ^a   Kay, Iain ^a   Coast, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; CRF related diuretic peptide; Cyclic AMP Calcium; Myotropic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030289634     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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