Select neuropeptides and their G-protein coupled receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Bendena, William G ^a   Campbell, Jason ^a   Zara, Lian ^a   Tobe, Stephen S ^b   Chin Sang, Stephen S Tobe ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Drosophila melanogaster; G protein coupled receptor; Insects; Invertebrate neuropeptides; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874377356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00093     Document Type: Review

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