Isolation and identification of three RFamide-immunoreactive peptides from the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Veenstraab, Jan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; FMRFamide; Head peptide; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0032924129     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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