Isolation of angiotensin converting enzyme from testes of Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-474

  Macours, Nathalie ^a   Vandingenen, Anick ^a   Gielens, Constant ^a   Hens, Korneel ^a   Baggerman, Geert ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Huybrechts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; cDNA cloning; Insects; Locusta migratoria; Reproduction; Testes

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; LOCUST;

ACRIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOCUSTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MIGRATORIOIDES; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043147054     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.070     Document Type: Article

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