The adipokinetic hormone system in Culicinae (Diptera: Culicidae): Molecular identification and characterization of two adipokinetic hormone (AKH) precursors from Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens and two putative AKH receptor variants from A. aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 770-781

  Kaufmann, Christian ^a,b,d   Merzendorfer, Hans ^a   Gäde, Gerd ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone; Insect; Metabolism; Mosquito; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCAGON RECEPTOR; INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RECEPTORS, GLUCAGON;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; CULICINAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 70449622749     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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