From bioassays to Drosophila genetics: Strategies for characterizing an essential insect neurohormone, bursicon

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 91-102

  Honegger, H W ^a   Dewey, Elizabeth M ^a   Kostron, Barbara ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecdysis; Immunocytochemistry; Insect cuticle; Neuropeptide; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

BURSICON; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HORMONE; PEPTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENEBRIO; TIME; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; PERIPLANETA; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TENEBRIO; TIME FACTORS;

CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 3042528690     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.55.2004.1-4.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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