Expression of allatostatins in the Mediterranean field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus de Geer (Ensifera, Gryllidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Meyering Vos, M ^a   Hoffmann, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Brain; Fat body; Gene expression; Gryllus bimaculatus; Juvenile hormone; Neuropeptide; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CECUM; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; ILEUM; INSECT; MIDGUT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS;

EID: 1542712846     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00225-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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