Multiple members of the leucokinin neuropeptide family are present in cerebral and abdominal neurohemal organs in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 785-792

  Winther, Asa M E ^a   Tomas Lundquist, C ^a   Nässel, Dick R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HPLC; Insect; Neurohormone; Neuropeptide; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

LEUCOKININ; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COCKROACH; CORPUS CARDIACUM; HEART NERVE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10144257186     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.05219.x     Document Type: Article

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