Isolation of a cDNA encoding a CHH-family peptide from the silkworm Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 355-361

  Endo, Hirotoshi ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^b   Watanabe, Toshiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; CHH family; Ion transport peptide; Neuropeptide; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

DNA; HORMONE; HYPERGLYCEMIC HORMONE, CRUSTACEAN; INSECT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION TRANSPORT; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOMBYX MORI; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034015630     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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