Ecdysis of decapod crustaceans is associated with a dramatic release of crustacean cardioactive peptide into the haemolymph

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 521-536

  Phlippen, Markus K ^a   Webster, Simon G ^b   Chung, J Sook ^b   Dircksen, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Carcinus maenas; Crab; Crayfish; Crustacean; Crustacean cardioactive peptide; Ecdysis; Moult; Orconectes limosus

Indexed keywords

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEAN CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEMOLYMPH; MOLTING;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MOLTING; NEUROPEPTIDES;

ARTHROPODA; ASTACOIDEA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS;

EID: 0034050861     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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