Corazonin- and PDF-immunoreactivities in the cephalic ganglia of termites

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 441-449

  Závodská, Radka ^a,c   Wen, Chih Jen ^b   Sehnal, František ^c   Hrdý, Ivan ^d   Lee, How Jing ^b   Sauman, Ivo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Castes; Circadian rhythm; Neuropeptides; Photoperiod; Pigment dispersing hormone; Termites

Indexed keywords

CORAZONIN PROTEIN, INSECT; INSECT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PIGMENT; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLION; ISOPTERA; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GANGLIA; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; LIGHT; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOTOPERIOD;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX;

EID: 67349155549     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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