Identification and developmental expression of mRNAs encoding putative insect cuticle hardening hormone, bursicon in the green shore crab Carcinus maenas

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-125

  Wilcockson, David C ^a   Webster, Simon G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bursicon; Crustaceans; Developmental expression; Ecdysis; In situ hybridisation; Neurohormones; Quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BURSICON; CRUSTACEAN CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE; CYSTINE; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRAB; CUTICLE; DAPHNIA ARENATA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLEA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 39649085117     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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