Type-A allatostatins from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda: Molecular cloning, expression and tissue-specific localization

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 120-132

  Abdel Latief, Mohatmed ^a   Meyering Vos, Martina ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Hormone processing; One step RT PCR; Preprohormone; Spodoptera frugiperda; Wholemount in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TESTIS; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; OVARY; PUPA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPODOPTERA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 3042847656     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20003     Document Type: Article

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