Molecular characterisation of cDNAs from the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda encoding Manduca sexta allatotropin and allatostatin preprohormone peptides

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 467-476

  Abdel Latief, M ^a   Meyering Vos, M ^a   Hoffmann, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Allatotropin; Hormone processing; Lepidoptera; Neuropeptide; Prohormone

Indexed keywords

AGRIUS; AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0038064471     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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