A palmitonyl conjugate of an insect pentapeptide causes growth arrest in mammalian cells and mimics the action of diapause hormone

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Yang, Ping ^a   Abe, Shizuko ^a,c   Sato, Yoshinori ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuro ^a   Matsuda, Fumiko ^b   Hamayasu, Tatsuhiko ^b   Imai, Kunio ^b   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Technical Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic diapause; Growth arrest; Insect pentapeptide; Palmitonyl pentapeptide; Rat hepatoma cell

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DIAPAUSE; GROWTH ARREST; HEPATOMA CELLS; INSECT PENTAPEPTIDE; PALMITONYL PENTAPEPTIDE;

RATS; TUMORS;

ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

BOMBYX MORI; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; SERICULTURE; SILKWORM;

EID: 34547131591     PISSN: 13468073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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