Structure-function analysis of Lymantria testis ecdysiotropin: A search for the active core

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Loeb, Marcia J ^a,b,f   Kochansky, Jan ^a,c   Wagner, Renee M ^a,d   Woods, Charles W ^a,e  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Insect Biocontrol Laboratory   (United States)

^c Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d Agricultural Research Service Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogs; Ecdysteroidogenesis; Gypsy moth; Neuropeptide; Structure function

Indexed keywords

ECDYSIOTROPIN; ECDYSTEROID; GONADOTROPIN; INSECT HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECDYSTEROIDS; GONADOTROPINS; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PUPA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEROIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS;

EID: 0031644612     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)38:1<11::AID-ARCH2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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