Sex-peptides bind to two molecularly different targets in Drosophila melanogaster females

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-384

  Ding, Zhaobing ^a   Haussmann, Irmgard ^b   Ottiger, Michael ^a   Kubli, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Genital tract; Nervous system; Reproduction; Sex peptide

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; SEX PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0038705112     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10218     Document Type: Article

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