Mass spectrometric evidence for the deficiency in the dark-color-inducing hormone, [His7]-corazonin in an albino strain of Locusta migratoria as well as for its presence in solitary Schistocerca gregaria

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 150-160

  Baggerman, Geert ^a   Clynen, Elke ^a   Mazibur, Rahman ^a   Veelaert, Dirk ^a   Breuer, Michael ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Tanaka, Seiji ^b   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

His7 corazonin; Albino; Hormone deficiency; Locust phase polymorphism; Locusta migratoria; Nano LC mass spectrometry; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

CORAZONIN PROTEIN, INSECT; INSECT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; GRASSHOPPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROSECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLOR; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035406364     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1046     Document Type: Article

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