Functional characterization of the adipokinetic hormone in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Jedlicka P ^a   Steinbauerova V ^a   Simek P ^a   Zahradnickova H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Adipokinetic hormone; Aphid polyphenism; Detoxification enzyme; Metabolism; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; RED PIGMENT CONCENTRATING HORMONE; TREHALOSE;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APHID; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858335835     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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