Presence of an adipokinetic peptide in the corpus cardiacum of Dermaptera but not in the neurohaemal aorta, and chemical and functional identification of the peptide

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-332

  Gäde, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AKH RPCH peptide family; Corpus cardiacum; Dermaptera; Forficula auricularia; Hyperlipaemia; Labidura riparia; Neurohaemal aorta

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC PEPTIDE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORFICULA AURICULARIA; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; IONIZATION; LABIDURIA RIPARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION; NEUROPEPTIDE; OCTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344182897     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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