The unique neuropeptide pattern in abdominal perisympathetic organs of insects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 897, Issue , 1999, Pages 282-290

  Predel, Reinhard ^a   Eckert, Manfred ^a   Holman, G Mark ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ABDOMEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; COCKROACH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0033400656     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07899.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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