A metabolic neuropeptide from the corpus cardiacum of antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae): Purification and identification

African Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-230

  Gade G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flight; Golafrus oneili; Metabolic peptides; Myrmeleontidae; Neuroptera; P. inclemens; P. speciosus; Palpares immensus; Peptide isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345628036     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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