Water scorpions (Heteroptera, Nepidae) and giant water bugs (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae): Sources of new members of the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1359-1367

  Gäde, Gerd ^a   Šimek, Petr ^b   Marco, Heather G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

AKH RPCH family; Heteroptera; Insects; Mass spectrometry; Phylogeny; Water bugs

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMYLLEUCINAMIDE; GLUTAMYLVALYLASPARAGINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLPROLYLTYROSYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; GLUTAMYLVALYLASPARAGINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLTHREONYLGLYCYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLSERYLGLYCYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; LEUCINE; LIPID; OCTAPEPTIDE; RED PIGMENT CONCENTRATING HORMONE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BELOSTOMATIDAE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CARDIACUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXTRACT; HEMOLYMPH; HETEROPTERA; INSECT; LETHOCERUS INDICUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCORPION; SWIMMING; WATER BUG;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HETEROPTERA; INSECT HORMONES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID;

BELOSTOMATIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; LETHOCERUS INDICUS; NEPA CINEREA; NEPIDAE; RANATRA LINEARIS;

EID: 34447649168     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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