Identification of tryptophan and β-carboline as paralysins in larvae of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-71

  Kotanen, Stephen ^a   Huybrechts, Jurgen ^a   Cerstiaens, Anja ^a   Zoltan, Kele ^b   Daloze, Desire ^c   Baggerman, Geert ^a   Forgo, Peter ^b   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Insect; Kynurenine; Metamorphosis; Ommochrome; Paralysin; Tryptophan; Carboline

Indexed keywords

3 TRYPTOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; WORM;

COLEOPTERA; GRANULINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEOBELLIERIA; SARCOPHAGA BULLATA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0141625737     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.121     Document Type: Article

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