Minimum structure of diapause hormone required for biological activity

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1875-1879

  Imai, Kunio ^a   Nomura, Toshikazu ^a   Katsuzaki, Hirotaka ^a   Komiya, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Okitsugu ^a,b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Diapause hormone; Insect hormone; Peptide hormone; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYL GLYCYL PROLYL ARGINYL LEUCINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYL-GLYCYL-PROLYL-ARGINYL-LEUCINAMIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SILKWORM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032174884     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1875     Document Type: Article

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