Species-specific action and distribution of tachykinin-related peptides in the foregut of the cockroaches Leucophaea maderae and Periplaneta americana

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1615-1626

  Nässel, Dick R ^a   Eckert, Manfred ^b   Muren, J Eric ^a   Penzlin, Heinz ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intestine; Leucophaea maderae; Myotropic peptide; Nervous system; Neuropeptide; Periplaneta americana; Proctolin; Tachykinin related peptide

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; LOCUSTATACHYKININ I PROTEIN, LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; NEUROPEPTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROCTOLIN; TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PERIPLANETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TACHYKININS;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; INSECTA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 2642712513     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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