The contribution of the genomes of a termite and a locust to our understanding of insect neuropeptides and neurohormones

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5, Issue Nov, 2014, Pages

  Veenstra, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Neuroparsin; Neuropeptide; Receptor; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GLAND MYOTROPIN II; ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; ALLATOSTATIN; ALLATOSTATIN CC; CALCITONIN A; CALCITONIN B; CAPA PEPTIDE; NEONEUROPARSIN; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPARSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PERIVISCEROKININ; PYROKININ; TRYPTOPYROKININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CNMA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CARDIACUM; DIPTERA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENOME; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 84911913283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00454     Document Type: Article

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