Mechanisms of black and white stripe pattern formation in the cuticles of insect larvae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-645

  Ninomiya, Yosuke ^a   Tanaka, Kohjiro ^b   Hayakawa, Yoichi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Dopa decarboxylase; Growth blocking peptide (GBP); Pigment pattern; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; MELANIN; URIC ACID;

CUTICLE; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MELANINS; MOTHS; PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; URIC ACID;

INSECTA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA;

EID: 33646755594     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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