Tyramine: From octopamine precursor to neuroactive chemical in insects

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Lange, Angela B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insects; Octopamine; Receptor; Second messengers; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

OCTOPAMINE; PHEROMONE; TYRAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65049085859     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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