OKB, a novel family of brain-gut neuropeptides from insects

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 466-473

  Sterkel, Marcos ^a,b   Oliveira, Pedro L ^b   Urlaub, Henning ^c   Hernandez Martinez, Salvador ^d   Rivera Pomar, Rolando ^a,e   Ons, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Insects; Neuropeptides; Orcokinins; Rhodnius prolixus

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARACHNIDA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA SP.; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PISUM; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 84861454761     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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