Partial characterization and isolation of earwig 'allatostatins': Biological activities in earwigs and cockroaches

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-403

  Rankin, Susan M ^a   Garside, Christopher S ^b   Christopher, Christine A ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Corpora allata; Earwigs; Hindgut contractions; Juvenile hormone production; Proctolin; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; BRAIN EXTRACT; JUVENILE HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROCTOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS ALLATUM; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; DERMAPTERA; DIPLOPTERA PUNCTATA; EUBORELLIA ANNULIPES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032406292     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10149-6     Document Type: Article

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