Biological activity of the predicted red pigment-concentrating hormone of Daphnia pulex in a crustacean and an insect

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-110

  Marco, Heather G ^a   Gäde, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone red pigment concentrating hormone family; Crustacea; Daphnia pulex; Insecta; Nezara viridula; Palaemon pacificus

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE; RED PIGMENT CONCENTRATING HORMONE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALAEMONIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHRIMP;

EID: 77349109047     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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