Cloning and tissue distribution of the cyclic AMP generating peptide of the grey flesh fly Neobellieria bullata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-156

  Begum, Murshida ^a   Macours, Nathalie ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Rahman, Mazibur M ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Huybrechts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Insect endocrinology; Neuropeptide; Reproduction; Testis

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

DIPTERA; GRANULINA; INSECTA; MALPIGHIA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEOBELLIERIA; SARCOPHAGA BULLATA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0344704012     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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