Characterization of sulfakinin and sulfakinin receptor and their roles in food intake in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Yu, Na ^a   Nachman, Ronald J ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; RNA interference; Sulfakinin; Sulfakinin receptor; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; SULFAKININ; SULFAKININ RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SK GENE; SKR GENE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84878973631     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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