Identification of neuropeptides in the midgut of parasitized insects: FLRFamides as candidate paracrines

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-32

  Kingan, Timothy G ^a,b   Zitnan, Dusan ^c   Jaffe, Howard ^d   Beckage, N E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotesia congregata; Enzyme immunoassay; FLRFamide; Gut endocrine cells; Manduca sexta; Tobacco hornworm; Wasp

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; WASP;

EID: 0030663538     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00140-8     Document Type: Article

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