Unusual complement of three AKH octapeptides in two species of grasshoppers (Caelifera)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-304

  Gäde, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic peptide; Caelifera; Edman sequencing; Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry; Lamarckiana sparrmani; Octapeptides; Pamphagidae; Peptide sequencing; Pyrgomorphidae; Zonocerus elegans

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GRASSHOPPER; PEPTIDE;

BLATTARIA; CAELIFERA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; PAMPHAGIDAE; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE; ZONOCERUS ELEGANS;

EID: 33744467692     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.038     Document Type: Article

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