Characterisation of the helicostatin peptide precursor gene from Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1119-1127

  Davey, Marlene ^a,b   Duve, Hanne ^c   Thorpe, Alan ^c   East, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Helicostatin; Helicoverpa armigera; In situ hybridisation; Lepidoptera; Neuropeptide gene cloning

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOCRINE CELL; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BLATTARIA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0033485779     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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