Small GTP-binding proteins in the brain-corpus cardiacum-corpus allatum complex of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: involvement in the secretion of prothoracicotropic hormone

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-184

  Shirai, Yasuhito ^a   Uno, Tomohide ^a   Aizono, Yasuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Neuropeptide secretion; Prothoracicotropic hormone; Rab family; Small G protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INSECT HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS ALLATUM; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SECRETION; SILKWORM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOMBYX; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORPORA ALLATA; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RABBITS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031610101     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)38:4<177::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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