FMRFamide neuropeptides and neuropeptide-associated enzymes in Drosophila

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 80-95

  Taghert, Paul H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidation; Drosophila; FMRFamide; Histochemistry; Neuropeptide; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; PEPTIDES;

AMIDATION; DROSOPHILLA; FMRFAMIDE; HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATE STAGE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE DISTRIBUTIONS; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

NEURONS;

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033561325     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990415)45:2<80::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Review

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