Search for candidate gonadotropins in extracts of the corpus cardiacum of the fleshfly, neobellieria bullata

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 119-125

  Baggerman, Geert ^a   Cerstiaens, Anja ^a   Vandenbosch, Luc ^a   Huybrechts, Jurgen ^a   Clynen, Elke ^a   Verleyen, Peter ^a   Vercammen, Tom ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Begum, Murshida ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone (akh); Gonadotropin; Locusts; Neuroparsin; Ovary maturating parsin; Pituitary polyadenylate cyclase activating peptide (pacap)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036710964     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2002.9652742     Document Type: Article

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