Identification of [Arg7] corazonin in the silkworm, Bombyx mori and the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, as a factor inducing dark color in an albino strain of the locust, Locusta migratoria

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 853-860

  Hua, Yue Jin ^a,c   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Saito, Hitoshi ^a   Tawfik, Amer I ^a   Sakakibara, Mika ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a   Derua, Rita ^b   Waelkens, Etienne ^b   Baggerman, Geert ^b   De Loof, Arnold ^b   Schoofs, Liliane ^b   Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a Natl Inst Sericultural & Entomol Sci   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Corazonin; Dark color inducing neuropeptide; Gryllus bimaculatus; Locusta migratoria

Indexed keywords

ARGININE 7 CORAZONIN; INSECT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SILKWORM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BLATTARIA; BOMBYX MORI; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 17144453264     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00173-0     Document Type: Article

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