A brain peptide stimulates release of amylase from the midgut tissue of larvae of Opisina arenosella Walk. (Lepidoptera: Cryptophasidae)

Neuropeptides

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-139

  Harshini, S ^a,b   Reshmi, V ^a   Sreekumar, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Amylase; Coconut pest; Digestive enzyme release; Insect midgut; Neuropeptide; Opisina arenosella

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMYLASE; BRAIN PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME RELEASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPISINA ARENOSELLA; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0042167264     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4179(03)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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