Localization of the phase-related 6-kDa peptide (PRP) in different tissues of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria-Immunocytochemical and mass spectrometric approach

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-554

  Rahman, M M ^a,b   Breuer, M ^a,c   Begum, M ^a,b   Baggerman, G ^a   Huybrechts, J ^a   De Loof, A ^a  

^a Laboratory for Functional Genomics and Proteomics   (Belgium)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c State Institute for Viticulture and Enology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Locusts; Mass spectrometry; Phase transition; Phase related peptide

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOCUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GRASSHOPPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES;

ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 40849119684     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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