Ecdysiostatins and allatostatins in Schistocerca gregaria

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 839, Issue , 1998, Pages 301-305

  Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Janssen, Ine ^a   Veelaert, Dirk ^a   Broeck, Jozef Vanden ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^b   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE; JUVENILE HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0032524267     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10780.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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