Evolutionary conservation of bursicon in the animal kingdom

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 59-63

  Van Loy, Tom ^a   Van Hiel, Matthias B ^a   Vandersmissen, Hans Peter ^a   Poels, Jeroen ^a   Mendive, Fernando ^b   Vassart, Gilbert ^b   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bursicon; Cystine knot; Evolution; Genomics

Indexed keywords

BURSICON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HETERODIMER; LEUCINE; NEUROHORMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34548666238     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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