Feeding and the rhodopsin family G-protein coupled receptors in nematodes and arthropods

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Cardoso, João C R ^a   Félix, Rute C ^a   Fonseca, Vera G ^a   Power, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conservation; Evolution; Feeding; Invertebrates; Rhodopsin GPCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874419329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00157     Document Type: Review

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