RNA interference suggests sulfakinins as satiety effectors in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 840-848

  Meyering Vos, Martina ^a   Müller, Adrienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cricket; Food intake; Neuropeptide; RNAi; Sulfakinin

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

BODY FLUID; CARBOHYDRATE; CRICKET; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; PEPTIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRYLLIDAE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GRYLLIDAE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS;

EID: 34547747908     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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