Bursicon, the tanning hormone of insects: Recent advances following the discovery of its molecular identity

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 989-1005

  Honegger, Hans Willi ^a   Dewey, Elizabeth M ^a   Ewer, John ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Cuticle sclerotization; Cystine knot protein; Neuropeptide; Wing expansion

Indexed keywords

BURSICON; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIF; DROSOPHILA; FORELIMB; GANGLION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BRAIN; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIFS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; WING;

EID: 56649107996     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0386-3     Document Type: Review

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