Led-NPF-1 stimulates ovarian development in locusts

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Cerstiaensa, A N J A ^a   Benfekihb, Leila ^b   Zouitenc, Habiba ^c   Verhaerta, Peter ^a   De Loofa, Arnold ^a   Schoofsa, Liliane ^a  

^a B 3000   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Gonadotropic; Locust; NPF like peptides

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OVARY;

EID: 0032923421     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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