Immunohistochemical localization of clock proteins (DBT and PER), and [His7] - and [Arg7]-corazonins in the cerebral ganglia of Bombyx mori: Are corazonins downstream regulators of circadian clocks?

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-286

  Qi Miao, Shao ^a   Tanaka, Seiji ^b   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Inst of Insect and Animal Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Circadian oscillation; Double Time (DBT); Arg7 corazonin; His7 corazonin

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0043271049     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.044     Document Type: Article

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