Neuropeptide precursor gene discovery in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-44

  Ons, S ^a   Sterkel, M ^a   Diambra, L ^a   Urlaub, H ^b   Rivera Pomar, R ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

genomic; insect neuropeptides; peptidomic; Rhodnius prolixus; transcriptomic

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RHODNIUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALIA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 78651313341     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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