Neuropeptide regulators of the juvenile hormone biosynthesis (in vitro) in the beetle, Tenebrio molitor (coleoptera, tenebrionidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-146

  Abdel latief, Mohatmed ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Allatotropin; Coleoptera; Corpora allata; Juvenile hormone biosynthesis; Tenebrio molitor; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; INSECT HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77955626507     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20359     Document Type: Article

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