Bombyxin: An Insect Brain Peptide that Belongs to the Insulin Family
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cDNA structure and expression of bombyxin, an insulin-like brain secretory peptide of the silkmoth Bombyx mori.
Bombyxin, previously referred to as 4K-prothoracicotropic hormone, is a brain peptide of the silkmoth Bombyx mori, the amino acid sequence of which shows considerable homology with vertebrate insulin family peptides. Two independent clones have been isolated from a Bombyx larval brain cDNA library by using a synthetic oligonucleotide probe, one with the complete coding region for preprobombyxin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoological Science
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0289-0003
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1035