Bombyxin: An insect brain peptide that belongs to the insulin family

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1035-1044

  Iwami, Masafumi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; CYNTHIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SAMIA; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 0034310261     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1035     Document Type: Review

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