Effects of metabolic neuropeptides from insect corpora cardiaca on proline metabolism of the African fruit beetle, Pachnoda sinuata

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-543

  Auerswald, Lutz ^a   Gäde, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AKH RPCH peptide family; Fruit beetle; Mem CC; Pachnoda sinuata; Proline

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLINE; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT MUSCLE; HEMOLYMPH; HYPERPROLINEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0345552250     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00160-7     Document Type: Article

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