Locustatachykinin isoforms in the locust: distribution and quantification in the central nervous system and action on the oviduct muscle

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 687-694

  Kwok, Rod ^a   Nässel, Dick R ^b   Lange, Angela B ^a   Orchard, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisera; Insect; Neuropeptides; Oviduct; Tachykinins; Ventral nerve chord

Indexed keywords

PROCTOLIN; TACHYKININ;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVIDUCTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TACHYKININS;

INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0345035358     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(99)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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