A peritracheal neuropeptide system in insects: Release of myomodulin-like peptides at ecdysis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-209

  O'Brien, Martha A ^a,b   Taghert, Paul H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PROMEGA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysis; Enhancer trap; Hormone; Inka; Manduca sexta; Molting; Myomodulin; Peptide; Schistocerca americana

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MYOMODULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GRASSHOPPER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLTING; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MELANOGASTER; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

EID: 0031932234     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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