Bombyx mori prothoracicostatic peptide inhibits ecdysteroidogenesis in vivo

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 155-161

  Liu, Xin ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^c   Song, Qisheng ^d   Xu, Bujin ^a   Hua, Yuejin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysteroid; Ecdysteroidogenesis; In vivo; Prothorocicostotic peptide

Indexed keywords

ALANYL TRYPTOPHYL GLUTAMINYL ASPARTYL LEUCYL ASPARAGYL SERYL ALANYL TRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ALANYL-TRYPTOPHYL-GLUTAMINYL-ASPARTYL-LEUCYL-ASPARAGYL-SERYL-ALANYL-TRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ECDYSTEROID; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SILKWORM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECDYSTEROIDS; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; TIME FACTORS;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 4344580646     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20005     Document Type: Article

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