Isolation of five tachykinin-related peptides from the midgut of the cockroach Leucaphaea maderae: Existence of N-terminally extended isoforms

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-196

  Muren, J Eric ^a   Nässel, Dick R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endocrine cell; High performance liquid chromatography; Insect nervous system; Insect neuropeptide; Intestine; Leucophaea maderae; Myotropic peptide; Radioimmunoassay; Tachykinin

Indexed keywords

TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE;

EID: 0030590421     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(96)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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