The muscular contractions of the midgut of the cockroach, Diploptera punctata: Effects of the insect neuropeptides proctolin and leucomyosuppressin

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Fusé, Megumi ^a   Orchard, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine cells; FMRFamide; HPLC; Myosuppressin; SchistoFLRFamide

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROCTOLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COCKROACH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIDGUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; FMRFAMIDE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES;

BLATTARIA; DIPLOPTERA; DIPLOPTERA PUNCTATA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032538343     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(98)00110-4     Document Type: Article

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