Structure elucidation and biological activity of an unusual adipokinetic hormone from corpora cardiaca of the butterfly, Vanessa cardui

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 5502-5508

  Köllisch, Gabriele V ^a   Lorenz, Matthias W ^a   Kellner, Roland ^a,b   Verhaert, Peter D ^c   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^c Innogenetics ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic effect; Hemolymph; Nano electrospray TOF mass spectrometry; Peptide amidation; Retrocerebral complex

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS ALLATUM; CORPUS CARDIACUM; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; INSECT HORMONES; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0033851170     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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