Identification of the gene encoding bursicon, an insect neuropeptide responsible for cuticle sclerotization and wing spreading

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1208-1213

  Dewey, Elizabeth M ^a   McNabb, Susan L ^b   Ewer, John ^c   Kuo, Gloria R ^b   Takanishi, Christina L ^b   Truman, James W ^b   Honegger, Hans Willi ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURSICON; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLTING; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142613237     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.051     Document Type: Article

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