Conservation of ecdysis-triggering hormone signalling in insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1275-1289

  Zitnan D ^a   Zitnanova I ^a,b   Spalovska I ^a,c   Takac P ^a   Park, Y ^d   Adams, M E ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b University Hospital in Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^c University of California ^*  (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ecdysis triggering hormone; ETH; Inka cell; Insect; Peptide; PETH

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BLATTARIA; BOMBYX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NAUPHOETA CINEREA; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 17944393321     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00261     Document Type: Article

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