Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies of the dark-color-inducing neurohormone of locusts and corazonin

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 489-497

  Shalev, Deborah E ^a   Yerushalmi, Yoram ^a,b   Pener, Meir Paul ^a   Kustanovich, Irina ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Corazonin; Dark color inducing neurohormone; Locusts; NMR; Solution structure

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0038402738     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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