The Drosophila hugin gene codes for myostimulatory and ecdysis-modifying neuropeptides

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 5-13

  Meng, Xiaojuan ^d   Wahlström, Gudrun ^d   Immonen, Tiina ^d   Kolmer, Meelis ^a,c   Tirronen, Mika ^d   Predel, Reinhard ^b   Kalkkinen, Nisse ^d   Heino, Tapio I ^d   Sariola, Hannu ^d   Roos, Christophe ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c MediCel Ltd   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila hugin gene; Ecdysis; Neuropeptides; Pyrokinin

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HUGIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART MUSCLE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLTING; MUSCLE; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; MUSCLES; NEUROPEPTIDES;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 0036768850     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00175-2     Document Type: Article

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