Studies on Adipokinetic Hormone in the Grasshopper Schistocerca Nitans
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Authors
MacDonald, Gregory P.
Issue Date
1978
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Adipokinetic hormone, a blocked decapeptide insect
neurohormone, has been demonstrated in several insect systems. Attempts to demonstrate in vitro synthesis
of this hormone from Schistocerca nitans, followed by
a search for endogenous hormone and a round of bioassays
for adipokinetic activity, led to the development of
HPLC analytical methods for minute amounts of hormone
and the tentative conclusion that male grasshoppers
possess an adipokinetic response to substances that are
degraded in tissue culture.
Description
iv, 36 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo College
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